Government changes made yesterday may not be enough to prevent housing market crisis, mortgage experts have claimed. Although raising the stamp duty threshold to £175,000 will offer hope to some first-time buyers, many experts say that it is too little to reinvigorate the ailing property market .
RICS estimate that the average up-front cost of purchasing a house to be approximately £27,738. Stamp duty changes are likely to save the average buyer up to £1,750. The government is currently extending this repayment holiday period until 2009.
Buyers and experts agree that what really needs to be achieved is an increase in the availability of mortgage loans . Currently, thousands of first-time buyers throughout the country are unable to get a mortgage loan .
Mortgage market changes may not be enough
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