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pjc50 on Sept 14, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Job vacancies surge past one million in new record

> the government basically gives you free money/tax breaks if you buy a home

Such as? MIRAS was abolished 20 years ago. Homes are arguably under-taxed (no US style property tax), but that's not really a "break".

rjsw on Sept 14, 2021 [–]

There is Help to Buy [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help_to_Buy

xyzzyz on Sept 14, 2021 | [–]

Which is not free money from the government. It’s a loan.

regularfry on Sept 14, 2021 | | [–]

It's a loan for the buyer. It looks a lot like free money to the seller, which is where the problem is.

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