Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the increase in the number of people working from home as well as the initial ban on property transactions in the first lockdown, the housing market in the UK was majorly affected. After the first lockdown, the housing market restarted in the UK and was allowed during the second and third lockdown. The government introduced the stamp duty holiday which definitely helped boost the housing market as well as the buyer's confidence, and due to its overwhelming success, this scheme has been extended till July 2021. Even though the demand for homes increased, the average price of property rose in certain areas and government schemes worked like a charm, the housing market was nowhere close to where it was before the pre-Covid era. While no experts can predict with any amount of certainty the future of the housing industry in the UK, here are the four things that you need to know about the housing market in the UK in 2021. Increase in demand for properties in