Property sales in UK fell between March and April, official data shows
Residential property sales in the UK fell by 0.3% between March and April 2019 to 99,420, according to official figures published by HMRC. But they were up substantially year on year, some 7% higher than in April 2018 and the longer term data shows that there has been a generally rising in the annual trend for residential transactions over the last five years. Non-residential sales increased month on month by 9.5% to 11,300 and year on year they were up by 14.6%, the data also shows.