New buyer interest declined for the third month in a row in April, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said.

The slowdown in the market was expected due to the lowering of thresholds at which buyers need to start paying stamp duty.

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Lower stamp duty thresholds introduced at the start of the month are being widely blamed for the biggest monthly decline in ...

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