UK residential property transactions count for December 2017 was 99,100 according to HMRC

January 24, 2018

The provisional seasonally adjusted UK property transaction count for December 2017 was 99,100 residential and 10,390 non-residential transactions according to HM Revenue and Customs – UK Property Transactions Count – December 2017.

For Residential transactions: The seasonally adjusted estimate of the number of residential property transactions decreased by 3.9% between November 2017 and December 2017. This month’s seasonally adjusted figure is 0.1% lower compared with the same month last year.

For December 2017 the number of non-adjusted residential transactions was about 2.5% lower compared with November 2017. The number of non-adjusted residential transactions was 3.9% lower than in December 2016.

The figures for the three most recent months are provisional and therefore subject to revision.

Read the announcement 23rd January 2018 in full click here.

 

Allen Walkey

Highly experienced businessman with a successful career in property sales and investment both in the UK and abroad. Now a freelance writer and blogger for the property and Investment Industry, keeping readers up-to-date with changes and events in a rapidly changing world.

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