Mortgage lending in the UK dropped sharply in January owing to a hangover from the rush to buy homes before the stamp duty holiday ended, lenders say. Gross lending for home loans fell by 32% compared with December to £9.1bn [US$14.17bn], the Council of Mortgage Lenders said. It suggested the decline was due in part to the threshold for paying stamp duty rising at the start of 2010.
Stamp duty rise hits UK mortgage borrowing
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