How the OBR quickly spoiled Hammond's housing help lines

The new stamp duty threshold doesn’t look so good outside London and as for the £44bn worth of measures? That’s actually £15bn ... spread over five years The excitement over the chancellor’s modest surprise – the abolition of stamp duty for first-time buyers purchasing properties worth up to £300,000 – lasted about five minutes. The Office for Budget Responsibility quickly pointed out that this supposed giveaway will increase house prices. The winn