Signs of life in the property market as Land Registry registrations hit new high

The number of property transactions registered with the Land Registry has gone above 100,000 for the first time this year.

The latest Price Paid data report from the Land Registry showed it received 100,330 registrations for residential sales during October.

This is up 10% on September and also 6.9% higher than last year.

It comes as banks have reported that mortgage approvals are at a three-month high and amid concerns about the return of 100% loan-to-value mortgages.

There is a time difference between the sale of a property and its registration, but the Land Registry said 31,119 took place in October.

Of these, 594 were of residential properties in England and Wales for £1m and over.

London saw 326 residential sales worth more than £1m, while five each took place in the West Midlands and Greater Manchester.

Cardiff registered two million-pound sales.

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2 Comments

  1. JonnyBanana43

    But Mark Carney says the world is going to end because of Brexit…?

    Should we change our minds Mark? In fact YES we want to stay in the EU, it’s run by corrupt, selfish gravy trainers like you.

    Sorry for voting the way we did.

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  2. P-Daddy

    Wasn’t it reported that the market is in meltdown and was crashing with low volumes and every agent was out of business…oohh must have been 3 days ago. 3 days is obviously a long time in the world of property! Suddenly there is a record of 100,000 transactions…the highest recorded since the last time that number was seen…….

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