Clampdown on house price speculators

Clampdown on house price speculators - 1999 - Independent 16 November 1999, 21(1) .

The union leader Sir Ken Jackson has called for tighter controls on people buying and selling property in the south-east merely for profit. He claims they should be subject to capital gains tax, as they artificially increase house prices in the area.


SOUTH-EAST ENGLAND
CAPITAL GAINS TAX
HOUSING MARKET
HOUSE PRICE INFLATION