The unexpected extension of a tax break for property purchases in Rishi Sunak’s budget last month has revived a fading boom in housing market activity, a survey shows. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said its monthly gauge of house prices - based on the reports of surveyors across the country - rose in March to +59 from +52 in February. Other measures of Britain’s housing market have suggested that activity in the housing market was fading before the planned expiry of a temporary cut to property purchase tax, known as stamp duty, at the end of March. Read more on the Reuters website.
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