May has been the busiest month for agreed home sales since the 2021 pandemic boom, when buyers rushed to complete on homes before the end of the first stamp duty holiday, according to property portal Zoopla.
Buyers are returning to the market after April’s stamp duty holiday deadline — which saw tax thresholds return to the lower levels of 2022 — and the Easter lull. Some buyers had been delaying househunts, too, at least until the financial impact of ‘awful April’ and price increases for energy, council tax, water and broadband could be fully understood.
