New government figures show there has been a huge surge in homes being bought in the first two months of the year ...

Today (March 31) is the last day you can complete on a property before the new stamp duty thresholds come into effect ...

Marc Weston and his partner, Ryan Lacey, were able to complete on their house purchase in just a few weeks - beating the ...

First-time homebuyers in the UK are rushing to complete purchases before the stamp duty "nil rate" band decreases on April 1.

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The proportion of areas in England in which the average first-time buyer home falls into the scope of stamp duty will rise ...

One mortgage lender said it would be ‘pulling out every stop' to help borrowers beat the 1 April stamp duty deadline.

As of next week, the stamp duty threshold for first-time buyers will drop to £300,000 while for everyone else, it will be ...

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First-time buyers are rushing to complete their purchases with just days left before soaring stamp duty rates slam the door shut. From 1 April, the rate where there is no stamp duty tax to pay ...