According to figures courtesy of the Tax Man... home sales in August 2010: 85,000. That's up an a year ago, by a whole 6,000 transactions. But before we get all excited and start considering a career in estate agency, it's also down on the same month three years ago by... 77,000. Activity has been falling off again since the beginning of the year. It's difficult to imagine a time when the market will be as frenzied as it was back then.

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