With the benefit of hindsight, the stamp duty holiday was not necessary to get the housing market moving again. And the end of the holiday in March will insert a cliff edge in demand at the exact moment we expect employment and incomes to be suffering most. If it is not extended, that’s another reason to think the surge in transactions and prices this year will be reversed in 2021.
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