housing market is on course to be the busiest since 2007, according to Zoopla. Around 1.52 million UK house sales are expected across 2021, up by 45 per cent compared with last year, the property website said.
The value of homes sold in 2021 is projected to reach £461 billion, up by 46 per cent or £145 billion. The website said that, with average annual transactions rarely exceeding one million to 1.2 million per year over the past decade, this would mark the highest sales figures since 2007.
Some areas are bucking the trend, with properties in Edinburgh, Southampton, Gloucester and Coventry spending longer on the market, although price growth remains positive across these cities, Zoopla said.
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