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25/04/12 -
Ashtons scoop Gold in Olympic Year at Estate & Letting Agent Awards
Attended by over 500 of the UK’s leading property professionals, the prestigious ESTAS award ceremony to find the Best Estate Agency in South East England, Northern Region, saw Ashtons attain Gold, Silver and 4th place.
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12/04/12 -
Sponsorship of Redbourn Cricket Club enters 4th Year
We are delighted to continue with our local support of Redbourn Cricket Club and congratulate them for all the fantastic work they do in the local community, particularly for aspiring younger players. We trust that 2012 will be a successful year for the club, both on and off the pitch.
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02/04/12 -
Conflicting Opinions after Nationwide says “House prices fell by 1% in March”
“House prices were pushed lower than a year ago for the first time in six months, after a 1% dip in March compared with February”, The Nationwide said. The price of an average home was down 0.9% compared with the year earlier at £163,327, the biggest annual fall since June 2011. Yet it’s barely a month since Rightmove led with a press release stating they had experienced the “biggest monthly jump in asking prices for a decade".
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21/03/12 -
New stamp duty rate of 7% for the purchase of homes worth more than £2m.
From midnight tonight there will be a new stamp duty rate of 7%, payable on homes worth more than £2m.
The move comes just 12 months after the introduction of a 5% stamp duty band on homes purchased for more than £1m. The 7% rate equates to a £140,000 tax bill on a £2m home.
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21/03/12 -
Stamp duty loophole closed for company owned properties.
During today’s Budget, the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced that stamp duty would be charged at 15% in future on properties with a purchase value of over £2m that are paid into a 'corporate envelope'. This closes the loophole that previously allowed some individuals to avoid stamp duty altogether by transferring high-value property into company ownership.
