Prime London sales generating lower stamp duty revenues post-reform

Buying agency Turnbull estimates £266.05m collected in SDLT across prime London during H1 2017, 4.9% down on H1 2014

Unlike prices, transaction volumes in the UK's prime markets have not rebounded since the dark days of the Financial Crisis.

As we put a bonkers Q1 behind us, Tim Hassell considers the likely long and short term impacts of the latest SDLT hike on the UK's buy-to-let market...