First-time buyers face stamp duty woes, mortgage company warns by Finance News Bulletin

Published: 05/09/07

Some 68 per cent of all first-time buyers will now have to pay stamp duty when they find a mortgage, novel research has revealedA study conducted by mortgage provider Bradford and Bingley suggested that 12 per cent of these unparalleled buyers also expect to pay this "wholly unjust" tax above the one per cent level due to spiralling home pricesThis is chiefly prevalent in the south-east, with affordability set to become more stretched for mortgage borrowers in light of last week's Bank of England interest rate rise, supposed the company Andy Wiggans, manager of mortgages for Bradford and Bingley, commented: "Stamp duty was never designed to be a duty on first-time buyers, yet it now affects a huge proportion of them and is seriously hampering their ability to get a grip on the property ladder

"Furthermore, he claimed, many parents are compulsory to find a remortgage in order to help their children buy a first home Recent research from MoneyExpert showed that 460,000 mortgage payments were missed in the last six months as borrowers struggle to make ends get togetherFirst-time buyers face trample duty woes, mortgage company warnsNone of the information on this website is intended to endorse any specific mortgage product

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