The Land Registry completed more than 1.9 million applications in January, but staff began “governing” beyond their pay and conditions.
The number of applications to change or refer to the UK land register has increased by 26% from the seasonally quiet December, and has not changed for a year ago.
The Southeast broke through the regional application table last month with 422,822 applications, followed by Greater London with 358,032 and Northwest with 219,304.
Industrial measures by approximately 3,800 registered public and commercial services services workers based in 14 offices in England and Wales began in the last week of last month.
The union said earlier this week that staff will “continue to continue to take action other than strikes.” The conflict is about the time of staff working from home, among other issues.
This action comes ahead of the expected spikes of House Viewin as borrowers rush to avoid stamp duty changes that take place on April 1st.
By the end of March, the current stamp duty threshold of £250,000 has been halved to the previous level of £125,000, after Prime Minister Rachel Reeves decided not to extend the temporary relief in his October budget. Masu.
For first-time buyers, the stamp duty threshold drops from £425,000 to £300,000, while the maximum purchase price FTBS relief drops from £625,000 to £500,000.
Last month, a Land Registry spokesperson said:
“We will respond as needed to maintain critical services that support the real estate market, as we have always done during our previous period of industrial action.”