India, April 1 -- UK house prices remained flat as the stamp duty holiday ended at the end of March, data from the Nationwide Building Society showed on Tuesday. House prices showed nil growth in March compared to February. This followed an increase of 0.4 percent in the previous month.
On a yearly basis, house price growth remained unchanged at 3.9 percent in March.
These price trends are unsurprising, given the end of the stamp duty holiday at the end of March, Nationwide Chief Economist Robert Gardner said.
He observed that transactions associated with mortgage approvals made in March, especially toward the end of the month, would be unlikely to complete before the deadline.
Gardner said the market is set to remain a little soft in t...