Boris Johnson Set to Overhaul Stamp Duty

[Big Blue Plymouth]

Tory leadership race: Boris Johnson will overhaul stamp duty as it causes 'huge problems' in London



I'm about to buy a new house & rent out my current place which means I'm getting hit by the 3% surcharge. I've been prepared to take this on the chin until I just read this. Looks like there'd be nothing to pay at all if I'd waited until Boris' emergency budget in September. Why do politicians have to keep f****ng around with things. You don't know where you are from one week to the next

This in the Telegraph suggests that actually I could have dodged a bullet here.

This would be achieved by cutting stamp duty for owner occupiers and first time buyers, while increasing stamp duty and other tax for non-UK residents, second home buyers and property investors – who have been crowding out owner occupiers and first time buyers.

[BlasterBates]

I wouldn't worry about that. That's months away. In the mean time, the gov't is going to fall in the next couple of weeks.

According to some cretin that's "very afraid".

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No doubt your local party will be putting you on election alert very soon.



be afraid

[jamesbrown]

I'm about to buy a new house

Right you are, gricer.

Could you buy a new personality too?

[jamesbrown]

Don't forget the no deal Brexit.

I wouldn't worry about that. That's months away. In the mean time, the gov't is going to fall in the next couple of weeks.

According to some cretin that's "very afraid".

[BlasterBates]

Don't forget the no deal Brexit.

[Old Greg]

I would definitely change my life plans, so I could benefit from the fulfillment of Boris Johnson's promises.

[Big Blue Plymouth]

This is going to throw the property market into chaos now...

Yep, the people selling the place I'm moving to are 2nd home owners so wouldn't be surprised if they wanted to push back on completion dates now :

[Lance]

wait to avoid 3% stanmp duty, but risk 10% under Korbyn.....

If you're happy to pay 3% then just do it.

Dog tax tail wag don't the let knob. Or summat.

[DimPrawn]

Similar issue for me, I'm just about to buy an additional property with cash, and the stamp duty inc the extra 3% is quite something.

Gonna see if I can push the completion date out until after the next budget, but most likely the whole chain is gonna fall through.

This is going to throw the property market into chaos now...

[vetran]

Up until now I had assumed you had access to some vast deep image search facility (or mastery of Google Image searching) to pull all these inneresting visuals out for us, but now I realise you actually have that much spare time on your hands you create these images from templates to fit the context of the thread in which they appear.

Not a bad gig, presuming you're doing this while in contract and the client is otherwise oblivious of the time being 'misspent'.

Some people are just that quick, used to work with a guy who could draw that quickly.

[Hobosapien]

FTFY....

Up until now I had assumed you had access to some vast deep image search facility (or mastery of Google Image searching) to pull all these inneresting visuals out for us, but now I realise you actually have that much spare time on your hands you create these images from templates to fit the context of the thread in which they appear.

Not a bad gig, presuming you're doing this while in contract and the client is otherwise oblivious of the time being 'misspent'.

[greenlake]

You don't know where who you are from one week to the next

FTFY....

[AtW]

Boris the Liar has done a good job to feck up real estate sales

[Big Blue Plymouth]

Tory leadership race: Boris Johnson will overhaul stamp duty as it causes 'huge problems' in London

The plans would include abolishing stamp duty on homes worth less than half a million pounds

I'm about to buy a new house & rent out my current place which means I'm getting hit by the 3% surcharge. I've been prepared to take this on the chin until I just read this. Looks like there'd be nothing to pay at all if I'd waited until Boris' emergency budget in September. Why do politicians have to keep f****ng around with things. You don't know where you are from one week to the next