23 - Friday 23rd March
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- Purge on stamp duty avoidance
The chancellor has cracked down on stamp duty avoidance, with a 15 per cent rate of tax for people buying £2m-plus properties through a company
Fri 23rd Mar 2012 6:51pm - Price alert for £2m-plus homes
Some homeowners are already cutting prices after the introduction of the 2 per cent increase in stamp duty land tax, say agents
Fri 23rd Mar 2012 6:50pm - Interest-only mortgages to become niche
Nationwide and Coventry building societies restrict interest-only mortgages to borrowers with deposits – or equity – of 50 per cent or more, up from 25 per cent
Fri 23rd Mar 2012 6:49pm - Santander tightens interest-only criteria again
Santander has further tightened its interest-only criteria and will no longer accept pensions, the sale of a second property, bonuses or cash savings as repayment vehicles.
Fri 23rd Mar 2012 5:26pm - Abbey raises B2L rates by up to 0.20%
Abbey for Intermediaries has today increased rates across a selected range of residential and buy-to-let products.
Fri 23rd Mar 2012 11:09am - Banks’ house purchase loans down 13% in February
The number of mortgage approvals for house purchase by high street banks fell by 13% between January and February, figures from the British Bankers’ Association show.
Fri 23rd Mar 2012 10:05am - Nationwide sets up £1.5bn securitisation
Nationwide has set up a £1.5bn securitisation backed by UK prime residential loans.
Fri 23rd Mar 2012 9:34am - LDC reports shop vacancies reach record high
Following the Christmas trading period empty shop vacancy rates have risen to a record high as retailers struggle against a background of low consumer confidence.
Fri 23rd Mar 2012 9:25am - Budget 2012: Osborne’s sums may be risky, warns IFS
George Osborne may have tried to create a fiscally neutral Budget but as the dust settles some risks are emerging, according to a leading think tank.
Fri 23rd Mar 2012 9:06am - Should we replace our gas boiler with ducted air heating?
Ducted air systems operate using a simple method of drawing cold air over a flame to heat the air.
Fri 23rd Mar 2012 4:47pm - Gulf in UK property prices yawns wider, according to Land Registry figures
February data from the Land Registry showed the average London house price had risen 4.2 per cent annually to £354,300, while that in the North East had fallen 2.5 per cent to £99,385.
Fri 23rd Mar 2012 4:28pm - Purge on stamp duty avoidance
The chancellor has cracked down on stamp duty avoidance, with a 15 per cent rate of tax for people buying £2m-plus properties through a company
Fri 23rd Mar 2012 6:51pm - Price alert for £2m-plus homes
Some homeowners are already cutting prices after the introduction of the 2 per cent increase in stamp duty land tax, say agents
Fri 23rd Mar 2012 6:50pm - Interest-only mortgages to become niche
Nationwide and Coventry building societies restrict interest-only mortgages to borrowers with deposits – or equity – of 50 per cent or more, up from 25 per cent
Fri 23rd Mar 2012 6:49pm
