Article: Brown's plan wins no fans Building societies look to merge as experts turn on Labour's housing plan, writes Edmund Conway

Article: Chancellor is urged to suspend stamp duty
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  February 18, 2008 ;     459 words ......to suspend stamp duty for homebuyers...uncertain housing market, experts...suspended stamp duty on certain...stagnant housing market. Housing...suspension of stamp duty to get the housing market going again...

Article: Downing Street must not dither on stamp duty; COMMENT.(Features)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  August 6, 2008 ;     425 words ......suggestion that stamp duty could be suspended...much-needed boost to the housing market is a sensible one...not having to pay stamp duty is just around...people into the housing market, giving the wider...for years. The housing market often works...against ...

Article: PDs press FF over stamp duty reform.(FRONT PAGE)
Sunday Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  November 5, 2006 ;     625 words ......the Government's stamp duty take by up to...tinker with the housing market. I agree, don...category. The stamp duty debate was sparked...the thriving housing market has slowed down...speculation that stamp duty could be reduced...interfere in the ...

Article: Stamp duty on homes is axed
Belfast Telegraph;  September 2, 2008 ;     480 words ......s beleaguered housing market was today given...Darling removed stamp duty from home purchases...exempted from stamp duty for 12 months...to revive the housing market. The change, which...will help the housing market," a spokeswoman said. The plan for a ...

Article: Stamp duty suspension 'good news' for buyers ; Homebuyers are in line for a multi-million-pound coup under Government plans to scrap stamp duty.
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  August 6, 2008 ;     474 words ......plans to scrap stamp duty. The temporary...the faltering housing market. Westcountry estate...news" for the housing market. "If they are...totally revamp stamp duty, they need to...in our moribund housing market, the Government...about reforming ...

Article: Stamp duty on homes is axed Darling removes tax on houses up to Pounds 175,000
Belfast Telegraph;  September 2, 2008 ;     437 words ......s beleaguered housing market was today given...Darling removed stamp duty from home purchases...exempted from stamp duty for 12 months...to revive the housing market. The change, which...will help the housing market," a spokeswoman said. The plan for a ...

Article: Stamp duty could be cut to give home sales a kick-start.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  July 12, 2008 ;     614 words ......looking at cutting stamp duty in the hope of kick-startingthe housing market. Under the plan, stamp duty 'holidays' could...bands' at which stamp duty is charged is...as Britain's housing market goes intomeltdown...power in 1997, stamp duty ...

Article: Cold comfort from stamp duty move ; Gordon Brown's bid to kickstart the housing market by announcing a surprise stamp duty cut would have little impact in the West, experts warned yesterday.
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. But...keep the housing market moving forward. Help with stamp duty, help for...

Article: STAMP DUTY: DON'T DITHER! A downturn on the home front: Estate agents are struggling.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  August 7, 2008 ;     685 words ......paralysing' the housing market by dithering over whether to suspend stamp duty. The Tories told...the future of stamp duty would make things worse. 'The housing market needs certainty...one per cent in stamp duty. The rate is three...Federation, said: ' ...

Article: 1% stamp duty holiday will last for 12 months.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  September 3, 2008 ;     528 words ......breathe life into a housing market that has all but ground to a halt. Stamp duty will now be charged...the Government's stamp duty initiative. This...will help the housing market. Nationwide said...at the higher stamp duty rates, which need...kick-starting ...

Article: Stamp duty fiasco 'bringing the housing market to a halt'; From Thursday's Daily Mail.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  August 9, 2008 ;     526 words ......Government dithering on stamp duty was growing last...was hitting the housing market. Television presenter...or whatever on stamp duty. 'I am in despair...mess when the housing market is particularly...months. Last year, stamp duty brought in ?6...help ...

Article: Stamp duty change fails to rekindle house sales ; The Government's attempts to revive the ailing housing market by raising the stamp duty threshold have done little to rekindle interest, a housing expert says.
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  October 13, 2008 ;     375 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: Estate agents: Home buyers getting cold feet over stamp duty
The Independent - London;  August 9, 2008 ;     468 words ......more willing to pay stamp duty. They urged the Government...disruption caused to the housing market. Bambos Hatsimeletiou...will be putting any housing investments on hold while the situation on stamp duty remains uncertain...introduction of a "stamp duty ...

Article: Move to scrap stamp duty welcomed
The Independent - London;  October 6, 2007 ;     608 words ......growth in the housing market has meant the...threshold for stamp duty - known as fiscal...record 6.4bn. Stamp duty is, for most...to entering the housing market; Halifax figures...time buyers. "Stamp duty makes the cost...re-entering the housing ...