All news on the topic: Stamp duty

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Jeremy Hunt's National Insurance, alcohol and fuel cuts a 'desperate act' - live
Sir Keir Starmer branded the budget 'the last desperate act of a party that has failed' - saying the Conservatives 'give with one hand and take even more with the other'
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'We want to downsize and free up big home for a family, but we can't afford it'
Most first time buyers don’t pay stamp duty but making changes to the tax could help people further up the chain
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Hong Kong lifts curbs on property deals as house prices fall to seven-year low
House prices have been dropping for nine months in a row and share prices have been low as changes to freedoms in the former British colony have worried investors
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Labour's 1.5million new homes would boost Britain's economy by £23billion
Keir Starmer has pledged to get Britain building again with 1.5million new homes in the first five years of a Labour government, which Britain Remade says would support jobs
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Tory MPs beg Jeremy Hunt to abandon tax cuts that will only help the rich
More than 100 members of the One Nation group of Tory MPs have called on Jeremy Hunt to abandon cuts to inheritance tax and focus on childcare, stamp duty and first time buyers
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Five expert tips to help you get a mortgage - including first-time buyer schemes
From knowing how much deposit to save, to making the use of first-time buyer schemes, we speak to the Co-operative Bank to round up everything you need to know about getting a mortgage
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'Rishi Sunak has to call an election in 6 weeks - he has no other choice'
The Prime Minister cannot wait until Autumn to call a vote, says Fleet Street Fox. There'll be no-one left in Downing Street by then
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Take this quiz to test your knowledge of house moving jargon
It comes as six in 10 adults are left baffled by jargon associated with moving house - such as capital gains tax, desk underwriting, and porting your mortgage
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'I bought rundown house for £120k at auction - it now looks unrecognisable'
Helena, 26, couldn't believe her luck after snapping up a bargain two-bed property for just £120,000 in 2022 - and just over a year later she has turned it into a gorgeous family home
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Autumn Statement 2023 predictions from benefits to vaping - how it affects you
What time is the Autumn Statement 2023? Will the state pension increase, how will income tax and National Insurance rates change and will benefits such as Universal Credit rise?
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Baffled first-time buyers struggle to understand mortgage jargon, study finds
Terms such as LPA and conveyancing sound like another language for first-time buyers - making mortgages even more difficult to understand.
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Common HMRC mistake saw homeowner scoop £18.5k refund – and more could be owed
The tax specialists at Cornerstone claim Peter isn't the only person who has paid stamp duty when they didn't need to and on average overpayments to HMRC currently sit at £27,000
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Woman proud to be last resident standing on street destined to vanish
Gail Roberts, 64, has been locked in a stalemate with National Highways over the sale of her house on the Queensway service road next to Markeaton Island for years
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A £5 raffle ticket could buy you a house worth £500k - and you can pick exactly which one
A £500,000 property is available to win in a budget raffle, and the winner gets to choose the house. Tickets for the raffle come as cheap as just 50p per entry.
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Family torn apart as son sues own parents in battle over £2.3million family farm
Sean Preson bought a farm with his parents so he could live with them. He said the decision was made during a pub Sunday lunch in 2002, but since then their relationship deteriorated
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Builder, 34, wins massive £3million London home and huge £100k jackpot in raffle
Builder Kevin Johnson, 34, won the four-bed Victorian-style town house in Islinghton, north London, in a £50-a-ticket raffle set up by Omaze Million Pound House Draw
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Michelle Mone jets off to lavish £7m Algarve villa bought after PPE police raid
Michelle Mone and Doug Barrowman acquired the £7million Algarve ­property through an offshore firm last July, the Mirror can reveal. The Baroness is under a ­Parliamentary standards ­investigation