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High street bank mortgage approvals were down 20% in November compared with the year before, new figures from the British Bankers' Association (BBA) have shown.
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The shortlist for the Professional Adviser Awards 2015
Advisers have welcomed the Chancellor's overhaul of the taxation system around buying property, saying it is an "ingenious" idea that will benefit the majority of clients.
Changes to stamp duty will dominate the headlines following the Chancellor's Autumn Statement on 3 December, but there were a few other bits that should prove a boon to savers.
The government is to do away with the existing 'single slab' approach to stamp duty on residential property purchases, introducing a new tiered charge from 4 December.