| First-time buyers keen to beat end of stamp duty holiday and easier access to mortgages are helping to boost the market. Estate agents and property analysts say the latest Land Registry house price figures could be a sign that the housing market is on the turn.
House prices increased by an average of 1.1% in January in England and Wales, a bounce that can partly be attributed to a rush by first-time buyers to secure a home before the exemption to stamp duty on cheaper properties ends on the 24 March..............................................Full Article: Source
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