Purchasing a home comes with jargon that can be difficult to understand, especially for those new to the property market. Indeed, both first-time buyers and those not financially clued up can find the ...

Buyers of homes worth £1m and more in Scotland face paying thousands of pounds extra on purchases from next April, the Scottish government has announced. In a statement, the government said it would ...

Stamp duty is an important cost to consider when buying property. We explain what rates landlords can expect to pay when ...

The Scottish government has taken one of its most radical tax decisions since devolution by scrapping stamp duty land tax. In its place it will introduce a new tax on buyers that will be more closely ...

Many homebuyers in Scotland could benefit from lower stamp duty rates within two years, after a bill passed last week enabling the country to set its own rates for the first time. From April 2015 the ...

The final bill will be fundamental to the future of the Scottish parliament’s powers in relation to stamp duty and landfill tax. The bill is also subject to a proposed amendment by Alex Salmond’s ...