Will house prices fall in 2021 when the stamp duty holiday ends?
There are now just 13 working days left until the stamp duty holiday ends on June 30. It is likely that many of the 704,000 sales going through the conveyancing process in Britain, nearly twice the previous high of 428,633 in May 2017, according to Rightmove, will not complete in time to take advantage of the governments temporary tax change that saved buyers up to 15,000. Just dont expect the madness to end any time soon, even as the cliff-edge deadline approaches. The truth is, the tax saving isnt the only factor fuelling this housing boom. Pent-up demand from years of Brexit uncertainty has collided with a post-lockdown yearning for space and greenery, resulting in the busiest property market for a decade. Sponsored  The latest survey