{"id":131906,"date":"2023-08-31T14:14:57","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T13:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=131906"},"modified":"2023-08-31T14:14:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T13:14:57","slug":"residential-property-transactions-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/residential-property-transactions-july\/131906\/","title":{"rendered":"Residential property transactions down 16% in July vs last year"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>According to the latest HMRC property report, the number of residential property transactions was down by 16% in July compared to the same time last year<\/h2>\n<p>Figures show that 86,510 residential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/property-transactions-in-the-uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">property transactions<\/a> were recorded in July 2023.<\/p>\n<p>July is the second consecutive month where there has been a small increase in seasonally adjusted transaction figures compared to June.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_131929\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-131929\" style=\"width: 1036px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-131929 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/i4tuhoh9.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1036\" height=\"691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/i4tuhoh9.png 1036w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/i4tuhoh9-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/i4tuhoh9-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/i4tuhoh9-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/i4tuhoh9-696x464.png 696w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/i4tuhoh9-630x420.png 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1036px) 100vw, 1036px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-131929\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 1: Non-seasonally adjusted and seasonally adjusted UK residential property transactions by month between July 2020 and July 2023.<strong> Image Credit @ HMRC<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>March 2023, in particular, saw a spike in non-seasonally adjusted transactions due to a larger number of working days relative to April and the final month for purchases to complete under the government\u2019s Help To Buy Equity Loan Scheme.<\/p>\n<h3>Non-residential property transactions are slowly on the rise<\/h3>\n<p>HMRC&#8217;s property transactions also showed that there was a 3% rise in UK non-residential transactions in July, which follows a 5% increase in transactions from May to June.<\/p>\n<p>There were 9,770 non-residential property transactions in July 2023, 6% lower than June 2022 and 3% higher than June 2023.<\/p>\n<h3>Construction industry reactions to the latest HMRC property transactions<\/h3>\n<p>Andy Sommerville, director of Search Acumen, commented: \u201cYear on year, we\u2019re now seeing reductions in transaction volumes across residential and commercial markets. Despite some progress being made in the battle against inflation in recent months, living and operational costs still remain very high by historic standards, as does the cost of borrowing. It is unavoidable that these dynamics will impact demand and pricing.<\/p>\n<h3>There is likely to be a period of reduced activity until income and borrowing costs become more balanced<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThis marks a significant recalibration of the market dynamics that prevailed in the decade preceding the Pandemic. In the housing market, we are looking at a period of reduced market activity until house prices, real income, and borrowing costs come into better balance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the commercial markets, we will see investors reassessing their portfolios, looking for sectors that are capable of outperforming all property benchmarks in the current conditions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Housing is likely to be at the forefront of government strategies in the near future<\/h3>\n<p>Nick Leeming, chairman of Jackson-Stops, added: &#8220;Activity may be down year-on-year, but it\u2019s still within touching distance of the numbers seen throughout the mid-2010s, despite the low-interest rate environment being firmly in the rearview mirror.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMortgage rates are slowly heading back in the right direction and while rate cuts have been incremental, borrowers will be relieved and have a chance to catch their breath following a turbulent 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHeading into Autumn we expect housing is likely to be a defining topic of conversation at the political party conferences and expect it to be central to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/politics-solving-the-housing-crisis-bcis\/130637\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">major parties\u2019 long-term strategies<\/a>. Reforms to planning, greater devolution to local councils and green energy infrastructure are all important topics of conversation for Sunak and Starmer to address to give homebuyers confidence that a brighter future lies ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the latest HMRC property transactions, the number of residential property transactions was down by 16% in July compared to the same time last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[908,571],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-131906","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-economy","8":"tag-housing-crisis"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Residential property transactions down 16% in July vs last year<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"According to HMRC property transactions, residential property transactions were down by 16% in July compared to the same time last year\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/residential-property-transactions-july\/131906\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Residential property transactions down 16% in July vs last year\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"According to HMRC property transactions, residential property transactions were down by 16% in July compared to the same time last year\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/residential-property-transactions-july\/131906\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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