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You can make a case for quite a few cases being grossly unfair - stamp duty and inheritance tax for two. The non taxation of house price profits is curiously generous.

But many sellers make a lot of money from house price inflation. Large sums in their bank account, from doing absolutely nothing. It hits those lower In the chain. The only reason these capital gains aren’t taxed is it would be an unpopular move by any government. And the reason it would be...

Funny how many people love to preach about fairness and hate on second home openers, but also love a good tax-free house sale profit.