{"id":120989,"date":"2021-07-21T21:44:07","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T14:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/uk-hits-record-number-of-homes-sold-in-a-month\/"},"modified":"2021-07-21T22:03:25","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T15:03:25","slug":"uk-hits-record-number-of-homes-sold-in-a-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/uk-hits-record-number-of-homes-sold-in-a-month\/","title":{"rendered":"UK hits record number of homes sold in a month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nFlurry of activity before changes to stamp duty rules meant June 2021 was the busiest month since records beganThe number of homes changing hands in the UK rose to the highest level on record in June, with 213,120 sales registered with HMRC.The flurry of activity before changes to stamp duty rules in England, Wales and Northern Ireland made for the busiest month since the figures were first published in April 2005, during the housing boom that led up to the financial crash. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2021\/jul\/21\/uk-record-houses-sold-in-a-month-stamp-duty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UK hits record number of homes sold in a month<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Flurry of activity before changes to stamp duty rules meant June 2021 was the busiest&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-vtr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":123472,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/race-for-space-fuelling-busiest-uk-housing-market-since-2007\/","url_meta":{"origin":120989,"position":0},"title":"\u2018Race for space\u2019 fuelling busiest UK housing market since 2007","date":"November 29, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Stamp duty holiday also spurred sales with one in 14 homes set to change hands in 2021, says online property portal ZooplaThis year\u2019s property market is poised to become the busiest for 14 years, with one in 16 privately owned homes on course to change hands by the end\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":151538,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mortgage-completions-rose-by-50-in-march-as-uk-buyers-rushed-to-beat-stamp-duty-deadline\/","url_meta":{"origin":120989,"position":1},"title":"Mortgage completions rose by 50% in March as UK buyers rushed to beat stamp duty deadline","date":"April 21, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Barclays says March was busiest month in property market since 2021, driven by scramble to avoid higher costsThe number of mortgage completions in the UK increased by 50% during a \u201cblockbuster\u201d March as buyers raced to avoid higher stamp duty payments, according to Barclays.The lender reported its busiest month\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":152454,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/uk-mortgage-lending-at-four-year-high-amid-rush-to-avoid-stamp-duty-rise\/","url_meta":{"origin":120989,"position":2},"title":"UK mortgage lending at four-year high amid rush to avoid stamp duty rise","date":"May 1, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Figures show a 290% rise in mortgage borrowing, but approvals for new home purchases fell for the third monthA rush to get property purchases over the line before last month\u2019s stamp duty rise pushed UK mortgage lending to a four-year high in March, official data shows.Bank of England figures\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":121635,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/uk-house-sales-tumble-in-july-after-stamp-duty-holiday-deadline\/","url_meta":{"origin":120989,"position":3},"title":"UK house sales tumble in July after stamp duty holiday deadline","date":"August 24, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Property transactions slumped 62% to 82,110 after government scaled back tax breakHouse sales tumbled by almost two-thirds in July after tens of thousands of homebuyers rushed to complete their purchases in order to beat Rishi Sunak\u2019s end-of-June stamp duty holiday deadline.Following a record surge in activity in June, when\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":131282,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/we-live-abroad-but-plan-to-buy-a-uk-house-to-rent-out-what-stamp-duty-will-we-pay\/","url_meta":{"origin":120989,"position":4},"title":"We live abroad but plan to buy a UK house to rent out. 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