Article: investors gain from stamp duty threshold; rental choice.(Features)

Article: Halifax and CML want rise in stamp duty ...
Money Marketing;  April 11, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Lenders to press for the stamp duty threshold to be raised. The CML says ... in 1993. Halifax says the stamp duty threshold, which has been [pounds ... CML suggests raising the stamp duty threshold to [pounds sterling]85 ...

Article: Qld: Stamp duty threshold to go up
AAP General News (Australia);  June 15, 2009 ;     183 words ... ... Australia) 06-15-2009 Qld: Stamp duty threshold to go up BRISBANE, June ... expected to increase the stamp duty threshold on land for first home owners. The stamp duty threshold for people buying land to ...

Article: Stamp duty threshold should be raised, say ...
Yorkshire Post;  November 12, 2007 ;     451 words ... ... have launched a bid for the stamp duty threshold to be raised to Pounds 250 ... underlines the need to raise the stamp duty threshold for first-time buyers in particular ... s stealth tax rises, from stamp duty to inheritance tax to council ...

Article: Plea on stamp duty threshold.(News)
The Journal (Newcastle, England);  March 11, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Chancellor Gordon Brown to raise the stamp duty threshold in this month's budget to help ... foot on the property ladder. Stamp duty is now charged at 1% on purchases ... than this figure. The average stamp duty bill paid by UK home-buyers ...

Article: Rise in stamp duty threshold could help ...
Tyrone Times (Dungannon, Northern Ireland);  October 23, 2007 ;     688 words ... ... 000, which is the current stamp duty threshold, more and more first time buyers ... interest rates. This coupled with stamp duty which is automatically charged ... 125,000 and clearly the Stamp Duty threshold has not kept pace with the huge ...

Article: Did chancellor go far enough in doubling stamp duty ...
Mortgage Strategy;  March 28, 2005 ;     700+ words ...The increase in the Stamp Duty threshold will help some first-timers but ... The doubling of the threshold for Stamp Duty from #60,000 to #120,000 is ... 150,000, some are calling for Stamp Duty to be overhauled completely and ...

Article: Banks want stamp duty threshold raised to ...
The Scotsman;  January 29, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... first-time buyer had to pay stamp duty. "It is clear from this report that the threshold for stamp duty has failed to keep pace with rising ... Exchequer GBP 600 million to raise the stamp duty threshold in line with the rise in house ...