Vouchers for stamp tax for April 2025 to May 2025 were £ 3.2 billion, which is £ 0.3 billion higher than the same period last year.
According to the latest figures from HMRC, this is that the higher coupons in April 2025 compared to April 2024, mainly due to the decrease in the thresholds for the most important rates for homes and the exemption from the first time buyers of April 1, 2025
And in general, British home buyers paid £ 5.5 billion in stamping rights this year, an increase of 25% compared to the £ 4.4 billion in the same period last year, according to the analysis of the Coventry Building Society of HMRC statistics.
The tax on an average priced house is now £ 3,274, an increase in the £ 774 would have been before the thresholds were reduced.
Coventry Building Society’s head of intermediary relationships Jonathan Stinton said that home buyers handed eye-watery amounts in seal rights. “The bill for an average priced house is more than quadrupled, and that is on top of everything else that buyers are trying to cover.
“If the moving comes thousands of loads, it is Can scare people Making that next step – whether it is an upsizing, contraction or just finding a house that better fits their lives. That kind of tension not only influences individual buyers, it can delay the market for everyone. “
He added: ““ When the stamp rights were first introduced – in 1694 – it was only meant to last for four years. More than 300 years later we still pay it in some form, despite the fact that the housing market has changed. It is difficult to see how a load that is designed for another era still fits best with the buyers of today. “