New Posts For Thread: Stamp Duty abolished for 98%https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30396691/stamp-duty-abolished-for-98An 'expert' on the telly this afternoon reckons this will 'electrify' the housing market, so much so, that current prices will be trebled by 2020. How then, will first time buyers be able to afford to get on the housing market?And what will happen tCouncil housing is obviously cheaper than renting privately. Due to the sell-off by Thatcher, and her orders not to use the money to build more, different London Boroughs Council housing stock has been slaughtered. Newham, the forum's favourite Borouhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30396691/stamp-duty-abolished-for-98?post_id=542532527#542532527Council housing is obviously cheaper than renting privately. Due to the sell-off by Thatcher, and her orders not to use the money to build more, different London Boroughs Council housing stock has been slaughtered. Newham, the forum's favourite BorouFri, 05 Dec 2014 07:36:24 -0600The point about stamp duty some people don't seem to realise is it has to come out savings whereas house price can be funded of a mortgage, so £5k on a house in SD was far worse for the buyer than £5k on the asking price. The huge step at a certainhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30396691/stamp-duty-abolished-for-98?post_id=542532083#542532083The point about stamp duty some people don't seem to realise is it has to come out savings whereas house price can be funded of a mortgage, so £5k on a house in SD was far worse for the buyer than £5k on the asking price. The huge step at a certainFri, 05 Dec 2014 07:05:14 -0600always better to own your own home than be even more of a slave to the state in a council house.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30396691/stamp-duty-abolished-for-98?post_id=542530513#542530513always better to own your own home than be even more of a slave to the state in a council house.Fri, 05 Dec 2014 03:04:56 -0600Yep. Not enough affordable ( laughable) houses being built. Thatcher sold off the council houses. Which was one of the most idiotic far reaching damaging things done to the social infrastructure of this country. The revenue obtained was to be used tohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30396691/stamp-duty-abolished-for-98?post_id=542528655#542528655Yep. Not enough affordable ( laughable) houses being built. Thatcher sold off the council houses. Which was one of the most idiotic far reaching damaging things done to the social infrastructure of this country. The revenue obtained was to be used toThu, 04 Dec 2014 18:33:30 -0600Newham lost 5 tower blocks just in Canning Town in the 1990s. 3 blocks at 4 flats to a floor, 14 floors high, and 2 blocks at 6 flats to a floor, 22 floors high. I don't think you'll see any more built there. They're putting a £30 million roof on thhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30396691/stamp-duty-abolished-for-98?post_id=542528549#542528549Newham lost 5 tower blocks just in Canning Town in the 1990s. 3 blocks at 4 flats to a floor, 14 floors high, and 2 blocks at 6 flats to a floor, 22 floors high. I don't think you'll see any more built there. They're putting a £30 million roof on thThu, 04 Dec 2014 18:20:48 -0600we need some super sized tower blocks for London. I can imagine a developer building two , one for owner occupiers and the other for the housing associationhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30396691/stamp-duty-abolished-for-98?post_id=542528351#542528351we need some super sized tower blocks for London. I can imagine a developer building two , one for owner occupiers and the other for the housing associationThu, 04 Dec 2014 17:58:04 -0600I walked past an estate agents window this morning, a 2 bedroom flat in crappy West Norwood..£435,000. If any of you know that area it's hardly what I would called 'sought after.'https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30396691/stamp-duty-abolished-for-98?post_id=542528175#542528175I walked past an estate agents window this morning, a 2 bedroom flat in crappy West Norwood..£435,000. If any of you know that area it's hardly what I would called 'sought after.'Thu, 04 Dec 2014 17:37:56 -0600Thats hilarious. Where do they get these people from.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30396691/stamp-duty-abolished-for-98?post_id=542528019#542528019Thats hilarious. Where do they get these people from.Thu, 04 Dec 2014 17:28:14 -0600An 'expert' on the telly this afternoon reckons this will 'electrify' the housing market, so much so, that current prices will be trebled by 2020. How then, will first time buyers be able to afford to get on the housing market?And what will happen thttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30396691/stamp-duty-abolished-for-98?post_id=542527959#542527959An 'expert' on the telly this afternoon reckons this will 'electrify' the housing market, so much so, that current prices will be trebled by 2020. How then, will first time buyers be able to afford to get on the housing market?And what will happen tThu, 04 Dec 2014 17:22:27 -0600