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The new Government's plans to raise capital gains tax (CGT) are causing a stir this week, with The Telegraph focusing on the fear it is instilling within the investor market. The Times meanwhile looks at the wider implications higher CGT may have on homeowners.
Elsewhere family relationships are under strain as a result of mortgage problems, while some surveys suggest this isnt as much of an issue for an increasing number of single UK home purchasers...
Mortgage issues and other financial problems are continuing to place strains on families, it has been claimed.
aboutproperty.co.uk, 01/06/10
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A quarter of landlords claim they are considering quitting the buy-to-let sector ahead of the new Government’s planned hike in capital gains tax, research has showed.
The Telegraph, 01/06/10
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The abolition of home information packs (Hips) has opened up the housing market to chancers once again, it has been claimed.
aboutproperty.co.uk, 03/06/10
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Homeowners have been urged to do their maths before switching mortgage provider.
aboutproperty.co.uk, 03/06/10
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As some landlords rush to sell before CGT rises, we considers the wider implications of plans to tinker with this tax.
Times Online, 03/06/10
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More than a third of people (37 per cent) that purchased a new home over the last four years bought it on their own, new research shows.
aboutproperty.co.uk, 03/06/10
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The key statistics in the housing market right now are these: £400, 9.8 per cent, 75 per cent, 3.2 per cent, 19 per cent, 40 per cent and 20. Link them and you have a summary of current conditions and a few clues to the future.
Times Online, 04/06/10
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