Estate agents welcome stamp duty promises

The managing director of Sherry FitzGerald Limited, Michael Grehan has today welcomed the fact that the consumer and stakeholders in the house market now have some more certainty as to the future, given that both alternative governments now have firm proposals for reform of stamp duty before the people.

Mr Grehan went on to say that it had been counterproductive for consumer confidence for the issue to become a political football, and it was good that politicians had now acknowledged the uncertainty that had been created.