{"id":104117,"date":"2019-02-18T14:00:07","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T07:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/must-i-pay-higher-rate-stamp-duty-because-of-my-flat-in-athens\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T14:02:50","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T07:02:50","slug":"must-i-pay-higher-rate-stamp-duty-because-of-my-flat-in-athens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/must-i-pay-higher-rate-stamp-duty-because-of-my-flat-in-athens\/","title":{"rendered":"Must I pay higher-rate stamp duty because of my flat in Athens?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nReader inherited a flat in Athens 15 years ago and is now looking to buy a flat in LondonQ I inherited a flat in Athens when my mum passed away over 15 years ago. I moved to London in 2010 and I have been renting here ever since. The flat in Athens has been let out since 2014. This flat is also mortgaged as I took out a loan in 2005 to fund my masters degree.I have now managed to get enough money together to put down as a deposit on a flat in London and I am trying to figure out if I have to pay the higher rate of stamp duty or not and what can I do to avoid this. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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