New Boom in House Sales: The Market is already up by a third this year.
Quote From: Daily Express - Tuesday 9 th May 2006.
A new property bonanza is under way as house sales showed a record-breaking start to the year, figures revealed yesterday.
Sales soared by more than a third and prices rose five per cent during the first three months, forcing the average value of a three bedroom semi close to £200,000.
And the number of properties sold for more than £1 million nearly doubled the equivalent of more than 10 a day, according t government figures.
Now property economists say the momentum could fuel another house-sale boom this year. And that is welcome news for home owners bombarded with dire warnings of an impending housing crash.
A total of 218,770 properties were sold in England and Wales during the three months to the end of March 37.5 per cent more than during the same period…
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