{"id":132636,"date":"2022-12-12T14:00:55","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T07:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/do-we-pay-higher-stamp-duty-on-buying-a-uk-home-if-we-keep-our-eu-flat\/"},"modified":"2022-12-12T14:09:49","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T07:09:49","slug":"do-we-pay-higher-stamp-duty-on-buying-a-uk-home-if-we-keep-our-eu-flat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/do-we-pay-higher-stamp-duty-on-buying-a-uk-home-if-we-keep-our-eu-flat\/","title":{"rendered":"Do we pay higher stamp duty on buying a UK home if we keep our EU flat?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nMy husband and I are in Budapest and we want to get a property in Britain for about \u00a3325,000Q My husband and I are looking to buy a property in the UK and our budget is about \u00a3325,000. I already own a flat in Budapest, which my parents bought for me 10 years ago, and at the time the purchase price was about \u00a325,000. I understand that we wouldn\u2019t be first-time buyers in the UK even if we sold the flat but I would like to find out if we would be expected to pay the higher stamp duty when buying our new home if we were to keep the Budapest property? We are both Hungarian citizens but UK residents for 10 years with a settled status. KVA As you are aware, if you already own property anywhere in the world, you are liable to pay the higher stamp duty land tax (SDLT) rates when you buy a second property in England and Northern Ireland (different rules apply in Wales and Scotland). However, as you are also aware, in England and Northern Ireland if the first residential property (or a part of one) is worth \u00a340,000 or less you don\u2019t have to pay the higher rates of SDLT on your second property. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2022\/dec\/12\/pay-higher-stamp-duty-uk-home-eu-flat-property\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Do we pay higher stamp duty on buying a UK home if we keep our EU flat?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; My husband and I are in Budapest and we want to get a property in&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-yvi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":131282,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/we-live-abroad-but-plan-to-buy-a-uk-house-to-rent-out-what-stamp-duty-will-we-pay\/","url_meta":{"origin":132636,"position":0},"title":"We live abroad but plan to buy a UK house to rent out. 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