Alistair Darling's stamp duty dithering froze housing market

Alistair Darling's dithering over stamp duty has “paralysed” the housing market, prompting a 20% fall in prospective buyers, estate agents claim. They report that thousands of house sales have collapsed since the chancellor confirmed that cutting the tax was one of a “number of measures” being considered to boost the economy. With house prices already falling at their fastest rate for 17 years, the hints about... [read full story]