UK Stamp Duty
UK Stamp Duty
Today (8th July 2020) the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak has announced that there will be a temporary cut to stamp duty payments up to £500,000 until 31st March 2021, due to the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on the housing market. Mr Sunak said that the reasons behind implementing this reduction were that […]
It is expected that today, 8th July, Rishi Sunak will unveil a host of financial packages to help the recovery after the Covid-19 pandemic. Among those changes is a possible suspension of stamp duty payments to try and encourage the housing market to recover. This could mean that buyers of properties up to a certain […]
Last week the government issued some new advice regarding anyone who planned to complete on a property transactions in the coming few weeks. The government is urging parties involved in home moving to adapt and be flexible to alter their usual processes. Where the property being purchased is vacant then the transaction could go ahead […]
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has just announced in his first budget speech on 11 March 2020, that there will be a surcharge on property purchases for overseas buyers buying property in the UK. The surcharge was stated to be 2% on top of the standard rates, and this would take effect from […]
How Much Stamp Duty is There to Pay on a £230,000 Property? Stamp duty is payable in the UK on most property purchases, particularly residential property purchases above the value of £250,000 (figures updated September 2022). The amount that you have to pay depends on the purchase price of the house/property and is calculated as […]
How much stamp duty is payable on a house being purchased for a price of £210,000? In another in our series we look at how much stamp duty you need to pay when you buy a house worth £210,000. Stamp Duty is payable on residential properties over the value of £250,000 and so you may […]
Due to the ongoing political turmoil we are still waiting for an announcement on when the 2019 Budget will take place. Obviously with Brexit on the horizon I think we can assume that it is likely to be after 31st October when we will all have a better idea of the political and economic situation. […]
How much stamp duty is payable on a property with a purchase price of £425,000? When you purchase a property in the UK you will need to pay stamp duty on that purchase which is an additional cost that needs to be taken into account when the purchase goes through. The amount of stamp duty […]
As you are probably aware, stamp duty is payable on most property purchases in the UK and the amount payable is dependent on a few criteria – the main one being the cost of the property that you are buying and also whether the property you are purchasing is your main or only home, or […]
The government announced in the 2018 Budget that they were proposing a new surcharge on UK property purchases of an extra 1% of the purchase price where the buyer (or one of the buyers) is not a UK resident. The consultation process for that proposal has begun and will end on 6th May 2019. The […]