For all the extensive commentary after the Budget announcement on Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) no one appears to have stepped forward and claimed credit for forecasting such a curious and unexpected change to the tax thresholds. The SDLT exemption for certain first time buyers of property priced below £250,000 amounts to no more than, at best, a saving of £2,500 at a time when many mortgage lenders continue to require an equivalent deposit of £50-60,000! The higher rate of 5.00% SDLT on purchases over £1m does not come into effect until April 2011 and other than causing a rush of completions close to that deadline date this is unlikely to alter demand for up market homes.
What happened to the expected
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The Move to the Country Show 2010 on Tuesday 27th April
Foster Maddison is proud to announce its association with this year’s ‘The Move To The Country Show’. The exhibition, at the magnificent Old Town Hall in Chelsea’s Kings Road, is an
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Acquire Magazine- Summer Edition
The spring/summer edition of our property magazine, Acquire, has gone to press. With over 20,000 copies circulated by 160 offices of the country’s leading independent estate agents Acquire offers an extremely cost effective medium for advertising your property to a national audience. This first 2010 edition is kindly supported by North East Life magazine and George Bernard Shaw removals. For details of advertising rates for future publications please contact our marketing co-ordinator Teresa Jordon teresa@fostermaddison.co.uk or telephone 01434 605441.
This stunning and incredibly spacious penthouse style apartment at The Stamp Exchange comes with a private terraced garden and secure garage/basement car parking. The property has the benefit of a door entry telephone system with video monitor and staircase and lift access to the first floor landing. Private accommodation extends from an entrance lobby, with large window, leading to an inner hallway with laminate flooring (extending throughout the living room and kitchen accommodation) and glass panelled doors opening into the bathroom and living room. Solid panel doors open into the bedrooms.
The main living room is
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Lying on a private cul-de-sac style avenue an easy walk from the centre of this historic and extremely popular Tyne Valley village this extended semi detached house provides ideal family accommodation in a pleasant and completely child friendly location.
Deepdene has been extended since original construction and provides well balanced accommodation ideally suited for family use. The accomodation begins with a spacious entrance hall that leads to the living room which has a chimney breast with stone hearth, a solid fuel stove inset and French doors to
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A rare opportunity to acquire a Grade II Listed former miner’s cottage in this well recognised and relatively unspoilt colliery row. Hollinside Terrace, dated 1892, comprises of 18 stone built houses with striking arched windows. This property offers an excellent combination of retained feature and modern appointment.
The property is most conveniently accessed from the rear where a private car parking space is situated directly opposite the entrance door. Steps lead up to the rear entrance and into the open plan living room/kitchen centred on an
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These are some dates for your diary of up and coming events.
April
24th - 25th NGO charity clay shoot, Lambton Estate
24th - 25th Pirelli Car Rally, Kielder
25th Durham Dynamos v Hampshire Hawks, Riverside
30th Celebrity Charity Gold Challenge, De Vere Slaley Hall
30th - 2nd May Gateshead Beer Festival, Gateshead Rugby Club
May
1st Great North Rugby Festival, Tynedale RFC
1st ’The Heart of All England’ race meeting, Hexham
3rd Zetland Hunt Point to Point, Witton Castle
8th Bob Champion 60:60 race day, Hexham
8th Guiness Premiership: Newcastle Falcons v Wasps
15th - 16th ‘High Birds in May’ clay shoot, Whitfield Estate
