Stamp duty

As chancellor announces no tax to be paid on properties up to value of £250000, we explain changes across UK.

“Even if the change does persuade more people to buy, a shortage of buyers isn’t the biggest problem facing the property market. As the tax is devolved, the Scottish and Welsh governments will receive funding to allocate “as they see fit”, the Treasury said today. In Scotland it is called land and buildings transaction tax, and is not payable on the first £145,000 of a property’s value. The portion between £925,001 and £1.5m will continue to be taxed at 10%, and any property worth more than that will be subject to stamp duty rates of 12%. [Stamp duty](https://www.theguardian.com/money/stampduty) is a tax paid by homebuyers in England and Northern Ireland, based on the value of the property they are buying. Previously, the first £125,000 of a property’s value was tax free.

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This was in place for a year until 30 June last year and the threshold was then cut further to £250,000 until 30 September. - If the stamp duty cut was on all properties up to £500,000, it would mean 74% of properties in England would be exempt from stamp duty Housebuilders’ share prices spiked following reports of the cut earlier this week. - The percentage of properties that are on the market by the current different stamp duty bands are as follows: “We have to end this. - The average stamp duty that a home-mover (not a first-time buyer) pays is currently £8,258 (based on the average asking price of £365,173)

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“I will see a slight reduction in my stamp duty, but not as much as perhaps I was hoping for based on what happened just after the first lockdown. “That reduction to stamp duty came into place at a time when we were just coming out of lockdown, when there was a lot of built-up frustration and people had saved money. He has calculated he will save £2,500 and sees the reduction in stamp duty as “a positive”, although he’d hoped for something more similar to Rishi Sunak’s stamp duty holiday in July 2020. But I guess I just have to kind of get on with what we need to do as a family.” “I’m fortunate in the sense that I don’t have to sell my property – it’ll be let out via a let-to-buy mortgage. It is also true that many people may now spend the savings on home improvements, stimulating the economy. “Although [the stamp duty cut] will benefit me, I do kind of share the concerns that we as a country are borrowing loads of money. Chris says he is not concerned about the potential for house price rises as a result of the cut. We’re not first-time buyers, so I take the market being hot or cold with a pinch of salt.” But the stamp duty cut is another reason to go ahead with it.” Any property worth more than that will be subject to stamp duty rates of 12%. “We had to offer £50,000 over the asking price to secure this place.