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First Time Buyers: Stamp Duties

Asked by John GlenConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 27 February 2025UIN 31860

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2025 to Question 20947 on First Time Buyers: Stamp Duties, what the average stamp duty paid was by people who claimed first time buyers’ relief in the 2023-24 tax year; how many such payments were made in the same period; and what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) value of those payments in the 2025-26 tax year.

Answered by James Murray

In 2023 to 2024, there were 113,100 transactions above the nil-rate band threshold of £250,000 that claimed First-Time Buyers’ Relief (FTBR) in the Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) return. These transactions paid an average of £900 in SDLT.

Estimates for 2025 to 2026 for claimants of FTBR and for the average SDLT paid by FTBR claimants are not available.

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