The housing market’s feel-good factor looks set to continues for some months yet. Fresh figures show mortgage lending to be hitting a new high – this is the first step in the chain of house buying, so suggests the busy market is likely to roll on through summer.
Analysts say the stamp duty holiday has encouraged buyers, but also that the successful vaccine roll-out and gradual easing of restrictions have created much more optimism about the economy from people wanting to move home.
