Stamp Duty Land Tax

This page explains and updates you on all the latest news around Stamp Duty Land Tax, including thresholds, reliefs, and government changes. Read more below to see how SDLT developments could affect your clients.

House prices up annually as stamp duty base effect inflates figure

Personal rents reach £1,383 as annual growth slows for second consecutive month

Stamp duty reform welcome, but mortgage interest is homeowners' real burden

Industry figure says mortgage interest is the cost silently eroding homeowners' finances as parliamentary pressure on stamp duty mounts

Why stamp duty is now the housing market's biggest problem

Mortgage professionals say SDLT is freezing first-time buyers and downsizers out of the property market, with no government relief in sight

House prices stall in March as stamp duty effect unwinds

Annual house price growth falls to zero while private rents rise 3.5%

Homebuyers paid nearly 10% more stamp duty in 2025-26

Average buyers faced a £2,500 jump when the nil-rate threshold fell last year

Homebuyers hand almost £900m in Stamp Duty to Treasury in January

New figures show impact of lower nil‑rate threshold on buyers

Helping clients transition from residential buy to let to commercial

Investors are diversifying beyond ‘vanilla’ buy to let to maximise profits and spread risk

Government is its “own worst enemy” on housing, warns Cable

Housing targets are slipping, supply is tightening and the fallout is heading straight for borrowers and their brokers

Tax and politics set to weigh on housing market recovery

Forecasts point to modest price rises, stable rates and weaker growth in London and prime markets

Has Rachel Reeves made any progress on housing policy?

Adviser network executive shares insights on the sector’s most pressing needs ahead of the Budget