Prime Minister Theresa May announced at an otherwise rather uninspiring Conservative party conference last week that foreign investors will have to pay an additional 1% stamp duty when they purchase properties in the UK. At present, they pay the same stamp duty rates as UK-based investors. Given the strength of the UK property market’s appeal to international investors, however, the additional 1% tax is not likely to ruffle too many feathers, outside of prime central London.
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