Rising Stamp: Surveying the new SDLT landscape

Despite last year's Stamp Duty overhaul ladling some extra bulk on to the cost of buying a top-end home in Britain, the UK's prime buyer's burden is still pretty competitive in the global marketplace,…

As a new tax regime looms for private buy-to-let investors, Shawbrook Bank looks at how the sector is evolving - and what challenges lie ahead for investors

George Osborne says that over 780,000 homebuyers saved an estimated £657m on Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) in the year since the tax was reformed, while receipts from £1m+ sales increased by 15%.