Lender says end of stamp duty holiday will not slow growth and first-time buyers will struggle The UK's second largest mortgage lender, Nationwide Building Society, said house prices would continue to rise this year beyond the stamp duty holiday, but warned higher costs could make it harder for first-time buyers to get on the property ladder. Its chief executive, Joe Garner, said everyone had been a "little bit surprised" by how strong the housing market had been throughout the Covid crisis, eve...
Lender says end of stamp duty holiday will not slow growth and first-time buyers will struggle The UK's second largest mortgage lender, Nationwide Building Society, said house prices would continue to rise this year beyond the stamp duty holiday, but warned higher costs could make it harder for first-time buyers to get on the property ladder. Its chief executive, Joe Garner, said everyone had been a "little bit surprised" by how strong the housing market had been throughout the Covid crisis, eve...
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