Property sales at a six year high

14th February 2014

According to new figures from Lloyds Bank, property sales between April and September 2013 rose to their highest level since 2007.

The report shows that sales in the period were 21% higher than over the same months in 2012, marking the highest year-on-year increase in a decade. However, property sales were still 41% below the peak of 673,699 in the same period in 2006. The East London borough of Newham saw the largest increase in home sales (up 62%), followed by Redhill, (56%), Farnborough, (52%), Salford (51%) and Walton-on-Thames (50%).

Source:   The Independent (11/02/14)