UK housing activity jumps after incentive extended


Booming: A worker places a Palmer & Partners estate agents for sale board outside a house for sale in Colchester. Britain’s property market has shaken off the worst recession in three centuries, buoyed by a tax holiday on purchases. ─ Bloomberg

LONDON: The United Kingdom housing market picked up last month as inquiries, sales and new listings all climbed following an extension of a temporary tax break.

New buyer inquiries jumped the most since September, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

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