The stamp duty holiday ends at midnight on 30 June on property purchases where the value is between £250,000 and £500,000. Stamp duty holiday for the £125,000 to £250,000 band is due to end on 30 September.

Looking at our COP26 / MEES campaign, the cost of the SDLT holiday is estimated as

That’s £1.6 bn to support the housing market, while only a small part of the £1.5 bn green homes grant was claimed by homeowners before the scheme was pulled

– worth a FOI request to get breakdown on total claimed by owners, # of homes, owner occupier/landlord split (if available), average amount and breakdown by works carried out