Prime London’s post-election ‘paralysis’ bucks 20-year trend

If the government were looking to boost Treasury coffers from the change to stamp duty, it looks as if they'll be sorely mistaken.

Stamp duty receipts "so far this year have been much weaker than expected" says the OBR

After a 40% surge in the last year alone, a total of 35,000 prime homes are now due to be built in the capital over the next decade, with a combined floor area the size of the City of London and a…