Article: Housing market continues to struggle following Government's stamp duty dither - Cable.

Article: Housing market 'halted' by stamp duty ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  August 9, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... dithering on stamp duty was growing last ... is hitting the housing market. Television ... or whatever on stamp duty. I am in despair ... reports that stamp duty could be temporarily ... undermining the housing market and damaging ...

Article: Stamp duty change fails to rekindle house sales ; ...
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  October 13, 2008 ;     608 words ... ... the ailing housing market by raising the stamp duty threshold ... sign of a housing market recovery ... change in stamp duty. Mr Copus ... said the stamp duty holiday would ... with the housing market is banks ...

Article: Cold comfort from stamp duty move ; Gordon Brown's ...
Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);  September 3, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... kickstart the housing market by announcing a surprise stamp duty cut would ... 12-month stamp duty holiday for ... help get the housing market moving ... keep the housing market moving forward. Help with stamp duty, help for ...

Article: Hot housing market in Britain boosts stamp ...
Daily Mail (London);  January 20, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... enjoying the biggest stamp duty bonanza since ... Britain's booming housing market. But the Chancellor ... Receipts of stamp duty on house sales ... sterling]13bn in stamp duty, up 31pc from ... While the housing market remained robust ...

Article: Housing market 'is disrupted' by uncertainty over ...
Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  May 19, 2007 ;     591 words ... ... Editor UNCERTAINTY over stamp duty on house purchases is ... increasing pressure on the housing market, a leading bank said ... speedy resolution of the stamp duty issue. She said a quick postelection change in stamp duty policy would lead to ...

Article: Stamp duty 'distorting housing ...
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  November 16, 2009 ;     625 words ... ... Government to reform stamp duty, which it claims ... s struggling housing market. A number of ... which claim stamp duty is an "anachronistic ... flexibility in the housing market and should be ... year in which stamp duty was first introduced ...

Article: How housing co-operatives illustrate home truth in region; AGENDA ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  September 3, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... growing concern about anti-social behaviour, of which knife crime is the most extreme form, the credit crunch, a stalling housing market and a lack of affordable housing for local people, there exists on our doorstep an established way to confront these problems ...