Housing market activity in the UK striding forward, latest research suggests

A surge in remortgaging has driven the UK housing market to make great strides forward on a long term basis, according to new research. This has mitigated the historic steadying that occurs in the month of April and the total number of valuations carried out increased 24% year on year, the figures from Connells Survey & Valuation show. The firm points out that this counteracts the 22% short term downturn that occurred in the market as a whole between March and April. Every year since 2013, April...