At-A-Glance: SDLT Now & Then

Stamp duty receipts "so far this year have been much weaker than expected" says the OBR

Chancellor bans up-front letting agency fees for tenants; focuses on affordable housing

The new SDLT regime is creating a boom and a bust at one end of the scale whilst raising less money for the government at the other; not such a clever move, says Trevor Abrahmsohn...