Remove 3% stamp duty surcharge for property owners buying a permanent residence

This should apply to buyers owning existing property (in the UK or overseas) but who are buying a property to be their main home. For a £425k property buyers with an existing property pay £21.5k instead of £0 for first time buyers or £8.75k for those moving home. It should be same moving home.

This petition closed on 10 Apr 2023 with 20 signatures


Reticulating Splines

You may be interested in these active petitions

1. Commission a full Independent Review of Council Tax and Stamp Duty - 3,107 signatures
2. Reduce Vehicle Excise Duty by 50% for vehicles aged 20 to 39 years - 36,575 signatures
3. Do not remove Sport England as a statutory consultee for planning applications - 33,574 signatures
4. Reduce the maximum noise level for consumer fireworks from 120 to 90 decibels - 183,998 signatures

Examples would be young professionals living in expensive areas (for ex. London) and who couldn’t afford to buy in their areas and who decided to buy property elsewhere, for a second home or to buy to let, until they could afford to buy their main home.

Another example would be people who have inherited a property but do not live in that property and want to buy their main home. They may not have the ability to sell the property, especially if it is shared with other members of their family.


Petition Signatures over time

Constituency Data

Reticulating Splines