Buying a house, apartment, studio or flat?
If you are a First Time Buyer or property Buyer and buying a house or apartment, Stamp Duty Land tax is payable to HMRC on completion. To determine your accurate SDLT tax use our conveyancing and stamp duty calculator. Some properties do fall under the minimum property price where no Stamp Duty Tax is due.
Thinking of Moving House?
If you are thinking of Moving House or buying a Buy to Let then use our Stamp Duty Calculator and Property Solicitor finder service. The comprehensive quotes detail your legal charges and separately explains what SDLT tax is due, should you move forward with the purchase .
Compare conveyancing legals and get to grips with what Stamp Duty Tax is applicable.
Find out what Stamp Duty Land Tax SDLT you need to account for, which must be paid to HMRC on completion. The stamp Duty Rate is based on your purchase price. It will change if you pay more or less for your new property.
Budget for your legals
Planning ahead for your move and costing out the legal process is so important. The Stamp Duty rate changes if you are buying an additional property such as a Buy to Let rather than simply moving home. In just one search you can find out your Stamp Duty Rate and compare accurate fixed fee quotes by price, location and by Mortgage Lender. In your own time, find a Solicitor to manage your property legals.
No personal details are required to use the Conveyancing and Stamp Duty calculator service.
Buying an additional residential property
A higher rate of SDLT is applicable if you are buying an additional residential property or Buy to Let. The stamp duty rates change for increasing portions of the property price above £125,000 for your main residence home and £40,000 for additional property. Your Solicitor must submit a return to HMRC for all residential transactions, even if they fall in the band where no Stamp duty applies.
What happens if you complete on your new home but haven't sold your own home?
If you are moving home and have sufficient funds to buy your new home without selling your own home then this is treated as an additional property. You have to pay a higher SDLT rate tax. You have up to 36 months to sell your first home. At which time you can claim the difference between the standard SDLT tax and the Higher SDLT tax. Some cash buyers, company move buyers do find themselves in this situation.
We make it easy for your to budget for your legal costs when buying property.
Stamp duty Tax applies even if the additional property is vacant on completion.
For reference the higher rate Stamp Duty Tax apply to properties completing after 1st April 2016
Helping hand from Mum and Dad.
The papers do comment on how the bank of Mum and Dad helps many First Time Buyers on to the property ladder. Seek guidance from your Solicitor on how best to manage this situation. If Mum and Dad names are on the deeds then they have now entered into owning an additional property. The high rate of tax would be applicable.
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