Updated to end April 2016 for Crime and Property

You can see by the way the effect that the budget had on the last minute increase in property transactions to avoid stamp duty in March 2016 – the highest volume of transactions since November 2007 at 104,000 across England and Wales. Not sure that’s a good harbinger for the economy as last time transactions were that high, we were just starting to tip into a major recession …

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