House sales have plunged following the effective end of the stamp duty holiday, Knight Frank has said.
The number of property exchanges in the first week of July was 60% below the five-year average for this time of year, it said, after buyers scrambled to complete deals before the end of June.
Tom Bill, Knight Frank’s head of UK residential research, said the market has taken a “pause for breath”.
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