Related topic: Stamp duty

Stamp duty remains a key downsizing barrier, but connection and suitable housing matter too.

This is despite 58% considering moving to a smaller property in the future and 42% wanting more appropriate specialist facilities to enable moving.

Just 2% of first-time buyers in the North East pay, compared to 79% in London.

Stamp duty was cited by 28% of affected owner-occupiers as a barrier to moving.

Despite the significant rise in house prices, buyers still start paying stamp duty at the same point they did twenty years ago.

Homebuyers paid £15.2bn in stamp duty over the 12 month period.

In the last year, the total estimated stamp duty bill for first-time buyers has jumped from £101m to £408m.

Nearly £392m in potential estate agency revenue and £515m in potential stamp duty receipts were lost last year to fall throughs.

Homebuyers paid £899m in stamp duty in January.

Homebuyers paid £15.4bn in stamp duty last year.