Property sales in UK increased at beginning of this year, official data shows
Residential property sales in the UK were positive at the beginning of the year, up 0.8% between December 2018 and January 2019, official data shows. Overall there were 101,170 residential sales, taking them 1.3% higher than January 2018, according to the figures from HMRC. They increased by 0.9% year on year. Meanwhile, the figures also show that non-residential property transactions increased by 0.2% between December 2018 and January 2019, and were 2.4% higher than January 2018. Year on year they increased by 3%.