Land Registry Fees and Stamp Duty Land Tax Costs
What Are Land Registry Fees?
The government Land Registry stores information on more than 24 million property titles. Everyday property is bought and sold and the new owner details are stored by this department.
The Land registry fee scales vary according to:
- First registrations
- Transfers of registered land for value
- Transfers of registered estate not for value
- Exemptions
- Fxed fees
You can read all about this on the Land registry website where you can download a brochure - Registration Service fees brochure.
Our detailed Conveyancing quotes contain your specific land registry fees and Stamp DutyLand Tax costs. Please note that if the Solicitor or Licensed Conveyancer can transact the appropriate fees electronically then the fee is discounted. It is worth checking with your Conveyancer that they do offer this service as the savings can be considerable.
What Are Stamp Duty Fees?
Firstly a stamp duty fee is called a ‘Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT)’ fee. It is a tax that is charged when you are buying a property over a certain price. The tax applicable is dependent on your purchase price. The system was improved in December 2014. Literally overnight the government improved the system. It removed the large increments that existed in the old system. For instance a property at £500,000 had a tax that was significantly larger than a property at £495,000.
The new system helped to kick start the housing market. You can budget for your Stamp Duty by visiting: https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/calculate-stamp-duty-land-tax/#/intro
Special SDLT rules apply for the following
- If you are buying 2 or more properties from someone you are related to. This could be a relative or business partner
- If you are buying a property through a shared ownership scheme
- If you are transferring ownership of a property – See more at: https://www.gov.uk/sdlt-transferring-ownership-of-land-or-property