stamp duty
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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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Latest property news
Homeowners stay put as moving ‘no longer pays’, claims Connells
"High Stamp Duty costs, higher mortgage rates and weaker price growth are seeing many households stay put," says Connells' Aneisha Beveridge.
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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
Property Tax petition hits 100,000 signatures
Petition calls for Council Tax and Stamp Duty to be replaced with a new tax, where homeowners pay 0.48% of a home’s value every year.
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Regulation & Law
Former Bank of England Deputy Governor argues for Land Value Tax
"Land is a good thing to tax because you can’t take it abroad or move it offshore," explains Sir John Gieve.
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Housing Market
Affordability and outdated assumptions ‘deter homebuyers’
HomeOwners Alliance's Paula Higgins, says: “More than half of aspiring homeowners believe they will never get onto the ladder."
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Housing Market
Burnham’s property tax plans dismissed by Tories
Mel Stride, Shadow Chancellor, says Andy Burnham's proposals for a land value tax would represent “a huge tax rise".
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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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Regulation & Law
Burnham explores major overhaul of property taxes
Replacing Council Tax and Stamp Duty would put fairness back into property taxation, claims tax reform group.
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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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