Article: Calls grow for stamp duty break

Article: Lenders call for rise in stamp duty levels.
Financial Adviser;  March 11, 2004 ;     389 words ......level at which stamp duty applies. Martin...proportion of first-time buyers were now affected...that's hitting first-time buyers. He said that a rise in the stamp duty threshold would...it easier for first-time buyers to get on ...

Article: Call to raise stamp duty limit
Belfast Telegraph;  March 11, 2004 ;     190 words ......numbers of first-time buyers across the UK being hit by stamp duty, a building...every four first-time buyers. Nationwide's regional stamp duty report, published...UK, 75% of first-time buyers now pay stamp duty. ...

Article: Stamp duty hits first-time buyers.(Business)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  March 5, 2004 ;     292 words ......half of Wales' first-time buyers now pay stamp duty on their home...only 10% of Wales' first-time buyers paid stamp duty and the Nationwide...to increase the stamp duty threshold for first-time buyers were implemented...

Article: STEP UP STAMP DUTY: What do you want to see in the Budget?
Mortgage Strategy;  March 10, 2008 ;     632 words ......South-East, first-time buyers shoulder a massive Stamp Duty burden of...important for first-time buyers that Stamp Duty is reformed...thing is that Stamp Duty must be reduced...that's keeping first-time buyers from ...

Article: One in four FTBs find stamp duty a major burden.(Brief Article)
Money Marketing;  January 13, 2005 ;     167 words ......Mortgages. Half of first-time buyers say they only realised stamp duty was an additional...times as many first-time buyers are affected by stamp duty now compared...times as many first-time buyers today who view stamp ...

Article: Move to scrap stamp duty welcomed
The Independent - London;  October 6, 2007 ;     608 words ......the pledge to remove stamp duty for first-time buyers who purchase a home...notion of abolishing stamp duty for first- time buyers sounds good in theory...relieved by exempting first-time buyers. "Stamp duty makes the ...

Article: Ignoring stamp duty hits buyers.(home buyers)(Brief Article)
Financial Adviser;  January 20, 2005 ;     249 words ......QUARTER of first-time buyers are not factoring...the cost of stamp duty, Alliance...per cent of first-time buyers saying the cost of stamp duty was stopping...times as many first-time buyers today who viewed stamp duty as ...

Article: Majority want stamp duty cuts 'for everyone'.(NEWS)
Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  May 22, 2007 ;     459 words ......believe that stamp duty reform should...not just first-time buyers, as Fianna...reductions in stamp duty should apply solely to first-time buyers (37pc). At...number of first-time buyers. Support for stamp duty ...

Article: Big rise in first buyers after stamp duty ends.(FRONT PAGE)
Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  June 7, 2007 ;     266 words ......personal commitment that stamp duty for first-time buyers will be abolished...to act quickly on stamp duty for first-time buyers to help ease the...favour of reforming stamp duty and helping first-time buyers. The ...

Article: Did chancellor go far enough in doubling stamp duty threshold.
Mortgage Strategy;  March 28, 2005 ;     586 words ......calling for Stamp Duty to be overhauled...for many first-time buyers. However...exempt from Stamp Duty up to the...make all first-time buyers exempt and...showed 42% of first-time buyers wanted Stamp Duty abolished...

Article: Industry slams Stamp Duty inertia.
Mortgage Strategy;  March 17, 2008 ;     280 words ......failing to overhaul Stamp Duty to help first-time buyers. Lenders, brokers and...increasing the minimum Stamp Duty threshold, making first-time buyers exempt from the...says: Home owners and first-time buyers need financial ...

Article: Stamp Duty deters FTBs.
Mortgage Strategy;  March 13, 2006 ;     282 words ...Stamp Duty has been...penalising first-time buyers, despite...believe the Stamp Duty threshold...deterring first-time buyers from entering...meant some first-time buyers have avoided paying Stamp Duty, the average...

Article: Elegant Homes: Bid to end stamp duty.(Features)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  March 27, 2007 ;     233 words ......campaign to get stamp duty for first-time buyers abolished...campaign, to see stamp duty scrapped for first-time buyers. Stamp duty is halting...at helping first-time buyers onto the...added tax of stamp ...

Article: Stamp Duty up 82% since 2002.
Mortgage Strategy;  March 10, 2008 ;     270 words ......the average Stamp Duty bill for first- time buyers has gone up...whopping #1,751. First-time buyers in Greater London...the biggest Stamp Duty woes, with the...the number of first-time buyers who pay Stamp Duty in ...