Rishi Sunak’s stamp duty cut is not about helping first-time buyers, but shoring up the whole UK economy

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"Property prices are critical to UK prosperity," writes Professor Alexander Tziamalis. "Britain should arguably wean itself off its property addiction, but for now the chancellor has tried to sustain confidence in an asset class that accounts for most of the country’s wealth."

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Alexander Tziamalis

Senior Lecturer in Economics (Associate Professor), Sheffield Hallam University at PrimeResi

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"We haven’t yet seen any significant increase in properties falling through so it looks like most are going ahead regardless," says Tim Bannister, Rightmove’s Director of Property Data.
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"It cannot be right that it is as easy for individuals who don’t live in the UK, as well as foreign based companies, to buy homes as hard working British residents" says the Prime Minister
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"Anyone who can bring their transaction forward to 2020 from next year or even later is doing so," says property portal Juwai, against fears of higher Stamp Duty rates from 2021.