{"id":9070,"date":"2016-03-25T22:24:16","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T15:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/solicitors-work-easter-weekend-to-help-buyers-beat-stamp-duty-deadline\/"},"modified":"2016-03-25T22:40:39","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T15:40:39","slug":"solicitors-work-easter-weekend-to-help-buyers-beat-stamp-duty-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/solicitors-work-easter-weekend-to-help-buyers-beat-stamp-duty-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"Solicitors work Easter weekend to help buyers beat stamp duty deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nLandlords and second homebuyers rush to complete deals ahead of 1 April and avoid 3% surchargeLandlords are rushing to complete property purchases before stamp duty changes come into effect in April, with solicitors working over the bank holiday weekend to make sure deals are completed in time.From Friday 1 April, anyone buying a second home for any purpose will pay a rate three percentage points higher than the standard rate, adding \u00a36,000 to the upfront cost of buying a \u00a3200,000 property.  Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2016\/mar\/25\/solicitors-work-easter-weekend-to-help-buyers-beat-stamp-duty-deadline\" target=\"_blank\">Solicitors work Easter weekend to help buyers beat stamp duty deadline<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Landlords and second homebuyers rush to complete deals ahead of 1 April and avoid 3%&#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-9070","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\/p75ss1-2mi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9462,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/solicitors-warn-of-stamp-duty-meltdown\/","url_meta":{"origin":9070,"position":0},"title":"Solicitors warn of stamp duty \u2018meltdown\u2019","date":"March 30, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Estate agents and lawyers rush to complete property deals before Friday\u2019s deadline\r \r Source : ft.com\r Read more...Solicitors warn of stamp duty \u2018meltdown\u2019","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":148343,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/moving-home-here-are-the-keys-to-completing-before-stamp-duty-rises\/","url_meta":{"origin":9070,"position":1},"title":"Moving home? 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