Stamp Duty Land Tax

• Property booms as home and overseas buyers rush to beat deadline

  • PostedOctober 23, 2020

  Property buyers in the UK and overseas are fighting off the pandemic to catch a new home before stamp duty goes back to its normal rate. For overseas buyers, the...

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• What is Modern Method of Auction (MMoA) and how does it work?

  • PostedJuly 7, 2020

  Agents marketing properties under the Modern Method of Auction (“MMoA”) is gaining in popularity, probably as a result of the COVID-19 lockdown. The idea of a sale by MMoA is...

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• HMRC halves time for payment of Stamp Duty Land Tax

  • PostedMarch 28, 2019

  Simon Parker, Head of Ashtons Residential Property Department, advises that buyers of properties, whether residential or commercial, need to be aware that as of 1st March 2019 the HMRC has...

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• Commercial Leases and SDLT – Don’t Break It

  • PostedFebruary 15, 2019

  Where Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) is potentially payable by a tenant on a lease transaction, a little thought at the outset could save some significant outlay. A landlord open...

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