Thursday, January 13, 2011
Breaking News: More property cooling measures announced!
A fourth set of property cooling measures was announced by the Government today.
From tomorrow (14th January 2010):
• The holding period for imposing Seller's Stamp Duty (SSD) is raised to 4 years from the current 3 years.
• The SSD rates will be raised to 16 per cent, 12 per cent, 8 per cent and 4 per cent of consideration for residential properties which are bought on or after Friday, and are sold in the first, second, third and fourth year of purchase respectively.
• The loan-to-value limit is reduced from 70% to 60% for individuals with one or more outstanding housing loans at the time of the new housing purchase.
More details tomorrow...
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1 comments:
no joke already
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