The hypocrisy of house price indexes
April was busy for our industry in many respects. Dexters bought Keatons, one of three acquisitions for them this month and after, which, the CEO subsequently has stood down. It was revealed that buy-to-let loan transactions surged 39% in Q4 2024 versus the same period the previous year; the stamp duty ‘holiday’ ended with a mad rush to complete on sales before the 31st March deadline; and we saw contrasting house price numbers from Halifax and Rightmove. Read on here.