The "mad rush" to buy properties to take advantage of stamp duty holidays waned in April, official figures suggest. Transactions fell by 36% compared with the record level of UK home sales in March, according to HM Revenue and Customs. An extension to the deadline for stamp duty relief into the summer is likely to have been behind the fall. However, analysts expect interest and prices to remain high. Read more on the BBC website.
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