CHANCELLOR of the exchequer George Osborne will increase the stamp-duty rate for purchases of buy-to-let and second homes to reduce competition for first-time property buyers.
Buyers of second homes and buy-to-let properties in the UK will from April be subject to stamp duty sales tax that’s three percentage points higher than those who are buying a home to live in, Osborne said earlier this week.
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