It's broke, don't fix it

7 Aug 2008 By Ian Campbell

Granting a holiday from the stamp duty tax is a bad idea. Families will lose money while house prices are still falling. The government will lose badlyneeded revenue. The housing market needs to deflate and will only recover when the economy does.

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