Economics

U.K. Tax Break Pushes Housing Sales to Highest in a Decade

  • Pent-up demand, stamp-duty change lift market activity
  • Lockdown experience, remote working shift buying patterns
Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg
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The U.K. housing market saw a surge in activity last month after a government tax break pushed sales to the highest in more than a decade, according to Rightmove.