March 1982 Retail Banks’ Base Rate

13.0% (Source Bank of England based on data obtained from Barclays Bank, Lloyds/TSB Bank, HSBC Bank and National Westminster Bank)

1982 Stamp Duty Tax threshold before tax payable

£25,000 (Source Inland Revenue)

1982 Capital Transfer Tax threshold before tax payable

£66,000 (Source Inland Revenue)

1982 Average House Price United Kingdom

£23,644 (Source ODPM Housing Statistics)

1982 Total Number of Property Transactions

1,542,000 (Source Inland Revenue)

Annual percentage change in the All Items Retail Price Index ( Jan – Dec 1982 )

8.6% (Source Office for National Statistics)

FTSE 100 Index at 2nd April 1984

1,108.10