Stamp Duty

Stamp duty deters half of over-65s from moving

Half of over-65s see stamp duty as a barrier to moving home, despite 58%...

Stamp duty receipts hold at £6.6 billion despite lower thresholds

Homebuyers paid £6.6 billion in stamp duty land tax during the first half of...

Growing calls for government to overhaul Stamp Duty for FTBs

Mortgage industry figures are urging the government to review stamp duty for first-time buyers...

Just one in ten FTBs pay Stamp Duty in the North

Just one in ten first-time buyers pay Stamp Duty in the North, compared to...

Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?

What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards...

Hobson’s Choice: Which root canal treatment would you prefer, Sir?

Now that Andy Pandy from ‘oop norf’ is de facto the Prime Minister elect...

Stamp Duty burden soars as tax threshold remains frozen at 2006 level

The Stamp Duty threshold at which homebuyers begin paying tax has remained unchanged since...

Cutting stamp duty will make the housing crisis worse

Every time the housing market stalls the same thing happens and people call for...

MPs call for stamp duty reform to help first-time buyers

A cross-party group of MPs has called for a major review of stamp duty...

First-time buyers face rising stamp duty costs as more homes breach £300k

First-time buyers are increasingly being drawn into paying stamp duty as rising purchase prices...

Think tank calls for abolition of stamp duty and council tax

A major new report has called for stamp duty and council tax to be...

Stamp Duty receipts fall despite wider tax net

Stamp duty receipts have fallen this year despite more homebuyers being pulled into paying...

Additional property purchases drive stamp duty receipts in more than half of councils

Landlords and second-home buyers now account for the majority of stamp duty receipts in...

Stamp Duty receipts rise as lower threshold pulls more buyers into tax net

Homebuyers paid £15.2bn in Stamp Duty Land Tax in 2025-26, up 9.2% on the...
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Stamp Duty

Stamp duty deters half of over-65s from moving

Half of over-65s see stamp duty as a barrier to moving home, despite 58%...

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