Throwing money at an already heated market looks nonsensical and could lose the Treasury 2bnSurprise, surprise. Presented, or so they thought, with an end-March deadline to save a few thousand pounds on stamp duty, buyers rushed to complete their house purchases. Mortgage lending in the month ...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/nils-pratley-on-finance/2021/may/04/sunaks-stamp-duty-holiday-extension-has-merely-inflamed-the-housing-market

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