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  2. Affordability of housing in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    United Kingdom housing affordability as described by mortgage payments as a percentage of take-home pay from 1983 to 2015. United Kingdom housing affordability as described by house price to earnings ratio from 1984 to 2015. The gap between average income and average housing prices changed between 1985 and 2015 from twice an average salary to ...

  3. Housing in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    In September 2015 the average house price was £286,000, and affordability of housing as measured by price to earnings ratio was 5.3. [46] The UK's home dwelling cost per type in July 2018 was on average: [47] Detached: £378,473; Semi-detached: £230,284; Terraced: £200,889; Flat/maisonette: £230,603

  4. House price index - Wikipedia

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    A house price index (HPI) measures the price changes of residential housing as a percentage change from some specific start date (which has an HPI of 100). Methodologies commonly used to calculate an HPI are hedonic regression (HR), simple moving average (SMA), and repeat-sales regression (RSR).

  5. Value-added tax in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Between October 1940 and March 1973 the UK had a consumption tax called Purchase Tax, which was levied at different rates depending on an assessment of goods' luxuriousness. [4] Purchase Tax was applied to the wholesale price, introduced during World War II, initially at a rate of 33.3%. This was doubled in April 1942 to 66.6%, and further ...

  6. Retail Price Index - Wikipedia

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    Retail Price Index. In the United Kingdom, the Retail Prices Index or Retail Price Index [1] ( RPI) is a measure of inflation published monthly by the Office for National Statistics. It measures the change in the cost of a representative sample of retail goods and services . As the RPI was held not to meet international statistical standards ...

  7. Taxation in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Tax revenues as a percentage of GDP for the UK in comparison to the OECD and the EU 15. In 1971, the top rate of income tax on earned income was cut to 75%. A surcharge of 15% on investment income kept the overall top rate on that income at 90%. In 1974 the top tax rate on earned income was again raised, to 83%.

  8. House prices stagnate as mortgage rates increase - AOL

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  9. Mortgage industry of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Capped rate are often offered over periods similar to fixed rates, e.g. 2, 3, 4 or 5 years. A discount rate; where there is set margin reduction in the standard variable rate (e.g. a 2% discount) for a set period; typically 1 to 5 years. Sometimes the discount is expressed as a margin over the base rate (e.g. BoE base rate plus 0.5% for 2 years ...