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Election hopefuls pull their punches on housing

Labour and the Conservatives have pulled their punches on housing policy. Indeed, only Labour’s pledge to boost social housing construction would materially affect the market. As a result, we expect the outcome of the election to have little impact on house prices or transactions in 2020 and 2021.

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