THE volume of house hunter inquiries has started shrinking nationally after a reduction in the amount of stamp duty savings to be made, surveyors have reported.
It comes after the end of the full temporary tax holiday saw the threshold for stamp duty reduce from £500,000 to £250,000 as of June 30 and it is set to revert back to £125,000 on September 30.
Buyers had rushed to complete deals before the deadline, with the number of housing market transactions soaring to a record high of almost 200,000 in June – around twice the typical monthly number before the pandemic.
Despite this, a lack of housing supply is still underpinning price growth and house prices remain high.
Recent house sale enquiry data released by We Buy Any Home reveals property sale trends in Hampshire over the pandemic and last four years.
Whilst some areas have seen a huge increase in the amount of house sale inquiries over the last year, others have more satisfied homeowners with a decrease in the amount of people wanting to sell up.
Here is what they found.
Rushmoor saw…
