BoJo considers Stamp Duty liability switch to vendors

The Centre for Policy Studies reiterates the case for a wholesale rethink of stamp duty ahead of next month's Budget;

Plan to replace SDLT with CGT on all homes was due to be the centrepiece of PM May's big policy declaration last year, according to new revelations, even making it to the "last but one working draft"...

"We haven’t yet seen any significant increase in properties falling through so it looks like most are going ahead regardless," says Tim Bannister, Rightmove’s Director of Property Data.