The end of the stamp duty holiday on homes costing between £125,000 and £250,000 led to a surge in activity in the mortgage market in March, according to figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).
The number of mortgages advanced to first-time buyers leapt by 74% during the month to 24,000 as they raced to complete on purchases before the 24 March deadline. This was 57% higher than in March 2011 and, at £3bn, 67% higher in value.
The CML said 63% of first-time buyers who bought a property in March had chosen one valued between £125,000 and £250,000 so were exempt from stamp duty. This
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Two Miami men were charged Thursday with the sensational theft of $80 million in pharmaceuticals from an Eli Lilly Co. warehouse in Enfield two years ago, federal authorities said Thursday.
Amaury Villa, 37, and his brother, Amed Villa, 46, Cuban citizens living in Miami, are described by authorities as members of a sophisticated group of warehouse burglars and truck-hijackers responsible for thefts of large quantities of pharmaceutical drugs and other goods along the East Coast and in the Midwest. Federal authorities said they smashed the ring following a three-year, undercover FBI investigation.
Prior to the Enfield theft, the Villa brothers and others not identified by authorities traveled repeatedly from Miami to the Hartford area, apparently to spy on the 70,000-square-foot warehouse on Freshwater Boulevard.
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Canary Wharf’s plans may be changed to allow more housing at its Wood Wharf, Heron Quays West and Newfoundland sites.
Songbird Estates, the company that controls east London’s Canary Wharf, plans to build more homes in the financial district to take advantage of a “widely anticipated shortage” in the UK capital.
Canary Wharf Group, in which Songbird has a 69 percent stake, has an 11 million square foot (1m sqm) development pipeline that may result in GBP£200m (US$267 million) of profits for Canary Wharf, Harm Meijer, an analyst at JPMorgan Chase & Co, said in a note.
Canary Wharf’s plans may be changed to allow more housing at its Wood Wharf, Heron Quays West and Newfoundland sites, Songbird said. Canary Wha
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