The Government announced plans to tackle the growing problem of newly built houses being sold as leasehold rather than freehold and to limit ground rents on newly created lease agreements
Documents to download
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Support for Mortgage Interest: the standard rate from 1 October 2010 (archived) (36 KB, PDF)
New briefing paper
Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) scheme briefing paper replaces and updates two former papers:
- Support for Mortgage Interest: the standard rate from 1 October 2010
- Means-tested benefits: help with mortgage costs
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- Support for Mortgage Interest scheme – Library briefing paper (latest archive 24 March 2016)
- Means-tested benefits: help with mortgage costs – Library briefing paper (latest archive 24 March 2016)
Other archive locations
- Research briefings listing page (latest archive 24 March 2016) – please note that the dropdown menu no longer functions
- UK Parliament website (archived 24 March 2016)
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Documents to download
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Support for Mortgage Interest: the standard rate from 1 October 2010 (archived) (36 KB, PDF)
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