{"id":123653,"date":"2021-12-06T22:57:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T15:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/uk-housebuying-in-2021-poised-to-be-busiest-since-2006\/"},"modified":"2021-12-07T00:04:18","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T17:04:18","slug":"uk-housebuying-in-2021-poised-to-be-busiest-since-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/uk-housebuying-in-2021-poised-to-be-busiest-since-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"UK housebuying in 2021 poised to be busiest since 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nFigures from trade body UK Finance show prediction of Covid-era sales slump were wildly inaccurateThis year is on course to be the strongest for home-buying activity since 2006, according to the main trade body for UK banks.UK Finance said while the first few months of the pandemic, during which the property market shut down for a time, led to predictions that sales would slump, the reality was very different, with \u201cCovid-era activity set to eclipse everything since the credit crunch\u201d. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2021\/dec\/06\/uk-housebuying-2021-busiest-since-2006-sales-slump-covid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UK housebuying in 2021 poised to be busiest since 2006<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Figures from trade body UK Finance show prediction of Covid-era sales slump were wildly inaccurateThis&#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-123653","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-wap","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":116435,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/housebuying-is-back-but-the-markets-mood-is-in-need-of-refurbishment\/","url_meta":{"origin":123653,"position":0},"title":"Housebuying is back: but the market\u2019s mood is in need of refurbishment","date":"May 16, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The return of viewings is welcome news for estate agents, but many buyers are now much less certain of their positionBritain\u2019s property market has proved to be a cornerstone of economic activity for decades. 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