Search Results for: Stamp Duty
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Regulation & Law
Shadow Housing Secretary backs scrapping Renters’ Rights Act and Stamp Duty
Shadow Housing Secretary Katie Lam has made a series of controversial housing pledges at the Tory party conference.
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Regulation & Law
Stamp Duty questions raised about Britain’s largest property purchase
Tax expert Dan Neidle has done the sums on Britain's largest property purchase and examines the amount of Stamp Duty paid.
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Regulation & Law
Wealth manager joins calls for Stamp Duty reform
Rathbones suggests property taxes - such as Stamp Duty - have a big influence on how people behave.
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Regulation & Law
Stamp Duty ‘doubles in a decade’, hitting 1.5 million homes
Fiscal drag is making it more expensive to move, leaving developers short of the buyer volumes that make new schemes viable, accountants warn.
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Regulation & Law
Andy Burnham rules out scrapping Stamp Duty
The Prime Minister is reported to have been a fan of a scheme to replace Council Tax and Stamp Duty.
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Regulation & Law
Five-figure Stamp Duty stops people moving, warns Zoopla
Zoopla's Richard Donnell warns that Stamp Duty has become so high that it prevents some people from moving home.
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Guest Blogs
BLOG: Burnham’s choice – Stamp Duty or Mansion Tax?
Trevor Abrahmsohn of Glentree International discusses which property tax proposed by the new Prime Minister will be the lesser of two evils.
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Housing Market
Stamp Duty ‘crushing’ housing market, Hamptons warns
Tax bills for homebuyers rocketed nearly 200% since 2015, the agency says, which is holding back the market.
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Regulation & Law
Calls for 5% Stamp Duty threshold to change, saving £12.5k
The 5% Stamp Duty band between £250,000 and £925,000 is proving to be a "disincentive to move", claims Zoopla's Richard Donnell.
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Latest property news
Tories under fire for pledge to abolish Stamp Duty
“It’s a shame the Conservatives didn’t introduce this sooner," says north London estate agent Jeremy Leaf.
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