- The stamp duty tail-off is currently cooling the market
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One of the more creative reasons the estate agents are giving for a lack of viewing appointments is that potential buyers were settling down to watch the Olympics – which, given the time difference with Japan, must mean that people regularly view houses at 2am on weekday mornings. Apart from the disruption caused by the pandemic, and the Olympics, obviously, the industry has had a good year with the government’s stamp duty holiday firing up the market for property outside of the big cities.