{ "dataset": "deedsum", "generated_at": "2026-09-22T12:18:13Z", "disclaimer": "Deedsum is an information site. We are not a law firm, a licensed conveyancer or a tax adviser, and we do not do your conveyancing. Figures are from official sources and firms' own published prices; check the source before you rely on them.", "count": 66, "metrics": [ { "id": "aml_row_a2", "name": "A2 Solicitors LLP, ID check", "category": "firm_row", "value_num": 35, "display": "£35.00 a person plus VAT, £42.00 in total", "unit": "pounds before VAT per person", "period_start": "2026-09-21", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_undated", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.a2solicitorsllp.co.uk/Pricing.html", "source_org": "A2 Solicitors LLP", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "The dearest published identity check in the set, at three and a half times the cheapest.", "firm": "A2 Solicitors LLP", "regulator": "SRA", "transaction": "Electronic identity check", "price_point": "per person", "fee_basis": "fixed", "quote": "ID check - £35.00 per person plus VAT (at 20% - £7.00) totalling £42.00", "vat_treatment": "plus VAT at 20%", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/aml_row_a2.json" }, { "id": "aml_row_dodds", "name": "Dodds Solicitors, electronic ID check", "category": "firm_row", "value_num": 10, "display": "£10 a person plus VAT", "unit": "pounds before VAT per person", "period_start": "2026-09-21", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_undated", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://dodds-solicitors.co.uk/sra-transparency-rules-cost-service-conveyancing/", "source_org": "Dodds Solicitors", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "The cheapest published identity check in the set.", "firm": "Dodds Solicitors", "regulator": "SRA", "transaction": "Electronic identity check", "price_point": "per person", "fee_basis": "fixed", "quote": "Electronic ID Check Fee £10 plus VAT £2= £12 per person", "vat_treatment": "plus VAT at 20%", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/aml_row_dodds.json" }, { "id": "aml_row_fulchers", "name": "Fulchers Solicitors, electronic ID and AML check", "category": "firm_row", "value_num": 13.5, "display": "£13.50 a person plus VAT", "unit": "pounds before VAT per person", "period_start": "2026-09-21", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_undated", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.fulchers-solicitors.co.uk/conveyancing-fees", "source_org": "Fulchers Solicitors", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "Fulchers spells out the rule that catches people: every party to the transaction needs the check, so two buyers means two fees.", "firm": "Fulchers Solicitors", "regulator": "SRA", "transaction": "Electronic identity and anti-money-laundering check", "price_point": "per person, UK residents", "fee_basis": "fixed", "quote": "each party to the transaction must have an electronic ID and AML check at a total cost per person of £13.50 plus VAT at 20% for UK residents", "vat_treatment": "plus VAT at 20%", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/aml_row_fulchers.json" }, { "id": "aml_row_kiteleys", "name": "Kiteleys Solicitors, identification and AML checks", "category": "firm_row", "value_num": 30, "display": "£30 a person plus VAT", "unit": "pounds before VAT per person", "period_start": "2026-09-21", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_undated", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.kiteleys.co.uk/about-kiteleys/our-fees", "source_org": "Kiteleys Solicitors", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "Priced at the prevailing VAT rate rather than a fixed twenty per cent, which is the tidier way to write it.", "firm": "Kiteleys Solicitors", "regulator": "SRA", "transaction": "Electronic identity and anti-money-laundering check", "price_point": "per person", "fee_basis": "fixed", "quote": "Identification and anti-money laundering checks - £30 plus VAT at the prevailing rate (currently 20%) per person.", "vat_treatment": "plus VAT at the prevailing rate, currently 20%", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/aml_row_kiteleys.json" }, { "id": "aml_row_vincent", "name": "Vincent Solicitors, ID and AML checks", "category": "firm_row", "value_num": 30, "display": "£30 a person plus VAT", "unit": "pounds before VAT per person", "period_start": "2026-09-21", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_undated", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.vincentsolicitors.com/price-transparency/", "source_org": "Vincent Solicitors", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "Three times the cheapest in the set, for the same electronic check.", "firm": "Vincent Solicitors", "regulator": "SRA", "transaction": "Electronic identity and anti-money-laundering check", "price_point": "per person", "fee_basis": "fixed", "quote": "ID/AML Checks: £30 (+20% VAT of £6) per person", "vat_treatment": "plus VAT at 20%", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/aml_row_vincent.json" }, { "id": "con29dw_not_published", "name": "Water companies that publish no search price", "category": "disbursement", "value_num": null, "display": "Two of the providers we checked publish no price at all", "unit": "policy position", "period_start": "2026-09-21", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_undated", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.nwpropertysolutions.co.uk/con29dw.aspx", "source_org": "Northumbrian Water Property Solutions", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "Two of the water companies we checked will not tell you what their search costs until you register or ring them. We are not going to fill that gap with somebody else's guess, so if your house is in the North East or East Anglia, this line on your quote is one to ask about.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/con29dw_not_published.json" }, { "id": "con29dw_safemove_yorkshire", "name": "SafeMove (Yorkshire Water), CON29DW", "category": "water_search", "value_num": 63.6, "display": "£63.60 including VAT", "unit": "pounds for a residential CON29DW, VAT included", "period_start": "2025-04-01", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_date", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.safe-move.co.uk/pricing/", "source_org": "Yorkshire Water", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "Yorkshire. Published with VAT already in it, so do not put this figure next to a before-VAT one and call it dearer or cheaper.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/con29dw_safemove_yorkshire.json" }, { "id": "con29dw_severn_trent", "name": "Severn Trent Searches, CON29DW", "category": "water_search", "value_num": 63.5, "display": "£63.50 before VAT, £76.20 with it", "unit": "pounds for a residential CON29DW, electronic delivery", "period_start": "2026-09-21", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_undated", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.severntrentsearches.com/conveyancing-report-prices/residential-product-prices/", "source_org": "Severn Trent", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "The Midlands. Note the price is for the electronic report; asking for it on paper costs more, which is a choice your conveyancer makes and you pay for.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/con29dw_severn_trent.json" }, { "id": "con29dw_thames_water", "name": "Thames Water Property Searches, CON29DW", "category": "water_search", "value_num": 60.5, "display": "£60.50 before VAT, £72.60 with it", "unit": "pounds for a residential CON29DW on the standard five working day service", "period_start": "2026-04-08", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_date", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.thameswater.co.uk/media-library/pcalnmjr/property-searches-price-list.pdf", "source_org": "Thames Water", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "London and the Thames Valley. Thames Water puts its prices in a PDF rather than on the page, which is why so few quotes show you this line before you have committed.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/con29dw_thames_water.json" }, { "id": "con29dw_united_utilities", "name": "United Utilities Property Searches, CON29DW", "category": "water_search", "value_num": 51.25, "display": "£51.25 before VAT, £61.50 with it", "unit": "pounds for a residential CON29DW", "period_start": "2026-04-01", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_date", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://propertysearches.unitedutilities.com/products-services/", "source_org": "United Utilities", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "The cheapest published drainage and water search of the three that quote before VAT. The North West.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/con29dw_united_utilities.json" }, { "id": "con29dw_wessex", "name": "Wessex Searches, CON29DW", "category": "water_search", "value_num": 66.28, "display": "£66.28 including VAT", "unit": "pounds for a residential CON29DW ordered through the website, VAT included", "period_start": "2026-09-21", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_undated", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.wessexsearches.co.uk/prices", "source_org": "Wessex Water", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "The South West, VAT included in the printed figure.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/con29dw_wessex.json" }, { "id": "context_hoa_average_buying", "name": "HomeOwners Alliance average conveyancing cost, buying", "category": "third_party_context", "value_num": 1509, "display": "£1,509 on average to buy, including disbursements and VAT", "unit": "pounds, third-party survey average for buying, legal fee plus disbursements plus VAT", "period_start": "2026-09-02", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_date", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": false, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://hoa.org.uk/advice/guides-for-homeowners/i-am-buying/much-conveyancing-fees-cost/", "source_org": "HomeOwners Alliance, from Reallymoving data", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-12-21", "history": [], "public_note": "A third-party survey, not an official figure, and worth knowing because it is the number most guides repeat. It counts the legal fee, the disbursements and the VAT together, which is why it is so much larger than the legal fees firms advertise.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/context_hoa_average_buying.json" }, { "id": "context_which_average_buying", "name": "Which? average conveyancing cost, buying", "category": "third_party_context", "value_num": 1421, "display": "£1,421 for first-time buyers and £2,182 for home movers, on November 2025 data", "unit": "pounds, third-party survey average for buying, coverage not stated by the publisher", "period_start": "2026-05-29", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_date", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": false, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.which.co.uk/money/mortgages-and-property/first-time-buyers/buying-a-home/the-cost-of-buying-a-house-aTnH73d3llji", "source_org": "Which?, from Reallymoving data", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-12-21", "history": [], "public_note": "The other survey everyone quotes, and it does not say what is inside the number. It also runs on data from November 2025 and comes from the same place the HomeOwners Alliance figure comes from, so when two guides quote both and call it agreement, it is one source counted twice.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/context_which_average_buying.json" }, { "id": "council_search_birmingham", "name": "Birmingham City Council, full local authority search", "category": "council_search", "value_num": 151, "display": "£151.00", "unit": "pounds for a full search, LLC1 and CON29 together, including VAT", "period_start": "2026-04-01", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_date", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/info/20008/planning_and_development/28/local_land_charges_searches", "source_org": "Birmingham City Council", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "Birmingham publishes the three figures plainly, which not every council does: the statutory part with no VAT on it, the enquiries part with VAT on it, and the two together.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/council_search_birmingham.json" }, { "id": "council_search_bracknell_forest", "name": "Bracknell Forest Council, full local authority search", "category": "council_search", "value_num": 171, "display": "£171", "unit": "pounds for a full search, LLC1 and CON29 together, including VAT on the CON29", "period_start": "2026-09-15", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_date", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/planning-and-building-control/local-land-charges/local-land-charges-search", "source_org": "Bracknell Forest Council", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "Bracknell Forest labels the VAT position on each line, which makes the bill readable: the statutory part carries none, the enquiries part carries twenty per cent.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/council_search_bracknell_forest.json" }, { "id": "council_search_bristol", "name": "Bristol City Council, CON29 residential only", "category": "council_search", "value_num": 99.92, "display": "£99.92", "unit": "pounds for a CON29 residential alone, with VAT, no LLC1 sold by the council", "period_start": "2023-07-18", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_date", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.bristol.gov.uk/business/planning-and-building-regulations-for-business/local-land-charges-search/local-land-charges-search-costs", "source_org": "Bristol City Council", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "Bristol is a glimpse of where this is all going. Its charges register moved to HM Land Registry in 2023, so the council now sells only the enquiries half and the statutory half comes from the Land Registry instead. Two bills, not one, and a quote built on a single \"council search\" line will not match.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/council_search_bristol.json" }, { "id": "council_search_cornwall", "name": "Cornwall Council, full local authority search", "category": "council_search", "value_num": 263.75, "display": "£263.75", "unit": "pounds for a standard search and enquiries, LLC1 and CON29 together, VAT inclusive unless stated", "period_start": "2026-01-03", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_date", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/planning-and-building-control/fees-and-additional-services/land-charges-fees/", "source_org": "Cornwall Council", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "The dearest in the set, and it is the enquiries half that does it at £233.75 on its own. A buyer in Cornwall pays nearly £190 more than a buyer in Manchester for the same statutory search, before a single solicitor has been chosen.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/council_search_cornwall.json" }, { "id": "council_search_leeds", "name": "Leeds City Council, search pack", "category": "council_search", "value_num": 90.52, "display": "£90.52", "unit": "pounds for the council's search pack, the HM Land Registry LLC1 report and the council's CON29, including £12.59 VAT", "period_start": "2026-04-01", "period_end": "2027-03-31", "period_kind": "data", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.leeds.gov.uk/planning/local-land-charges", "source_org": "Leeds City Council", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "Leeds sells a pack rather than two separate fees, because its charges register has moved to HM Land Registry and Leeds buys that certificate for you. The VAT line looks odd for a reason: only the enquiries half of the pack is taxed.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/council_search_leeds.json" }, { "id": "council_search_manchester", "name": "Manchester City Council, full local authority search", "category": "council_search", "value_num": 74.5, "display": "£74.50", "unit": "pounds for a standard official search, LLC1 and CON29, including £11.00 VAT", "period_start": "2026-09-21", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_undated", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.manchester.gov.uk/planning-and-regeneration/planning/local-land-charges-service/how-much-does-a-search-cost", "source_org": "Manchester City Council", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "The cheapest full search in the set, and the reason is Manchester's LLC1 at £8.50 where some councils charge four or five times that. Nothing about the house is different. The council is.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/council_search_manchester.json" }, { "id": "council_search_newcastle", "name": "Newcastle City Council, full local authority search", "category": "council_search", "value_num": 165.1, "display": "£165.10", "unit": "pounds for a full standard search, LLC1 and CON29 together, including £25.60 VAT", "period_start": "2026-09-21", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_undated", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://new.newcastle.gov.uk/planning-building-development/local-land-charges/local-land-charges-search-fees", "source_org": "Newcastle City Council", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "Newcastle prints net, VAT and total in three columns, so you can see exactly which part of the search carries tax and which does not. More councils should.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/council_search_newcastle.json" }, { "id": "council_search_westminster", "name": "Westminster City Council, full local authority search", "category": "council_search", "value_num": 252, "display": "£252", "unit": "pounds for the basic search fee, LLC1 and CON29 together, VAT treatment not stated by the council", "period_start": "2026-04-01", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_date", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.westminster.gov.uk/local-land-charge", "source_org": "Westminster City Council", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "Westminster publishes the fee and, alone in the set, says nothing at all about VAT. So we cannot tell you whether £252 is the final figure or the figure before twenty per cent, and we are not going to guess at it. Ask before you budget.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/council_search_westminster.json" }, { "id": "disb_aml_id_check", "name": "Electronic identity and anti-money-laundering check", "category": "disbursement", "value_num": [ 10, 35 ], "display": "£10 to £35 a person before VAT across the firms we checked", "unit": "pounds before VAT per person checked, across named firms' own published price pages", "period_start": "2026-09-21", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_undated", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": [ "aml_row_dodds", "aml_row_fulchers", "aml_row_vincent", "aml_row_kiteleys", "aml_row_a2" ], "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.a2solicitorsllp.co.uk/Pricing.html", "source_org": "Firms' own published price pages, each listed separately", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "Every buyer has to have their identity checked, and firms charge very different amounts for the same electronic check: from ten pounds a person to thirty-five. It is charged per person almost everywhere, so a couple pays twice. Not one of the firms we read put a date on this fee.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/disb_aml_id_check.json" }, { "id": "disb_con29dw", "name": "Drainage and water search (CON29DW)", "category": "disbursement", "value_num": [ 51.25, 63.5 ], "display": "£51.25 to £63.50 before VAT, depending which water company covers the house", "unit": "pounds before VAT for a residential CON29DW, across the providers that publish a price before VAT", "period_start": "2026-04-01", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "data", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": [ "con29dw_united_utilities", "con29dw_thames_water", "con29dw_severn_trent" ], "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.severntrentsearches.com/conveyancing-report-prices/residential-product-prices/", "source_org": "Water companies' own search arms, each listed separately", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "Which water company covers your house is decided by geography, not by you or your conveyancer, and each one sets its own price for the drainage and water search. The three that publish a price before VAT run from £51.25 to £63.50. It is a small line on the bill and a completely fixed one.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/disb_con29dw.json" }, { "id": "disb_environmental_not_published", "name": "Environmental search providers that publish no price", "category": "disbursement", "value_num": null, "display": "Most environmental search providers publish no price at all", "unit": "policy position", "period_start": "2026-04-15", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_date", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://futureclimateinfo.com/our-reports/", "source_org": "Future Climate Info", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "Most of the environmental search industry does not publish what it charges. That is worth knowing in itself, because it means the figure on your quote was set by whoever your conveyancer buys from, and neither you nor we can check it against a published list.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/disb_environmental_not_published.json" }, { "id": "disb_environmental_search", "name": "Environmental search", "category": "disbursement", "value_num": 92.6, "display": "From £92.60 plus VAT, from the only provider that publishes a price", "unit": "pounds before VAT, entry price for a residential environmental report", "period_start": "2026-04-17", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_date", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.groundsure.com/homebuyers/", "source_org": "Groundsure", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "The search that checks for contaminated land, old landfill, flooding and ground stability. One provider publishes a starting price and the rest will not say, so treat this line as a starting point and ask your conveyancer which report they actually order.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/disb_environmental_search.json" }, { "id": "disb_hmlr_llc1_certificate", "name": "HM Land Registry official local land charges certificate (LLC1)", "category": "disbursement", "value_num": 15, "display": "£15", "unit": "pounds for an official local land charges search certificate from HM Land Registry", "period_start": "2026-09-21", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_undated", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/search-local-land-charges", "source_org": "HM Land Registry", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-12-21", "history": [], "public_note": "Where a council has handed its charges register to HM Land Registry, this is what the statutory half of the search costs: fifteen pounds, the same everywhere. It is the one part of the local search that is becoming a national price instead of a postcode lottery.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/disb_hmlr_llc1_certificate.json" }, { "id": "disb_local_authority_search", "name": "Local authority search, the full LLC1 and CON29", "category": "disbursement", "value_num": [ 74.5, 263.75 ], "display": "£74.50 to £263.75 across the eight councils we track", "unit": "pounds for a full local authority search, LLC1 and CON29 together, VAT inclusive where the council states it", "period_start": "2026-04-01", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "data", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": [ "council_search_manchester", "council_search_birmingham", "council_search_cornwall", "council_search_bracknell_forest", "council_search_westminster", "council_search_newcastle", "council_search_leeds" ], "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/planning-and-building-control/fees-and-additional-services/land-charges-fees/", "source_org": "Eight councils' own land charges pages, each listed separately", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "This is the search that tells you whether the council has a road scheme, an enforcement notice or a tree preservation order on your house. Your council sets the price and you do not get a choice about which council. The cheapest we track charges £74.50 and the dearest charges £263.75 for the same thing. If a quote gives you one national search fee, it is a guess.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/disb_local_authority_search.json" }, { "id": "firm_ashtons_purchase", "name": "Ashtons Legal, new build freehold purchase legal fee", "category": "firm_row", "value_num": 1800, "display": "£1,800 including VAT, of which the purchase fee is £1,500", "unit": "pounds including VAT, total firm fee in a worked example at £299,000", "period_start": "2026-09-21", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_undated", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.ashtonslegal.co.uk/pricing/residential-conveyancing-pricing/residential-conveyancing-pricing-example-1/", "source_org": "Ashtons Legal", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "An unusually complete worked example, right down to the ten pounds eighty for filing the stamp duty return. Read it as what one first-time buyer paid on a new build, not as a price list.", "firm": "Ashtons Legal", "regulator": "not stated on the page", "transaction": "Freehold new build purchase, joint first-time buyers", "price_point": "worked example at £299,000.00", "fee_basis": "worked_example", "quote": "Ashtons Legal fee £1,800 calculated as follows: Purchase fee £1,500; New Build Property fee £150; Management Company Fee (if applicable) £150", "vat_treatment": "all prices include VAT where applicable at 20%", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/firm_ashtons_purchase.json" }, { "id": "firm_bell_lamb_joynson_purchase", "name": "Bell Lamb and Joynson, freehold purchase legal fee", "category": "firm_row", "value_num": 995, "display": "£995.00 plus VAT, £1,194.00 with it", "unit": "pounds before VAT, legal fee on a freehold purchase at £300,000", "period_start": "2026-09-21", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_undated", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.bljsolicitors.co.uk/services/conveyancing/freehold-residential-purchase-pricing/", "source_org": "Bell Lamb and Joynson Solicitors", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "Nine hundred and ninety five pounds is the headline and their own estimated total on the same page is £2,259.29. Both numbers are honest and both are published. That gap, between the fee and the bill, is the whole reason this site exists.", "firm": "Bell Lamb and Joynson Solicitors", "regulator": "SRA", "transaction": "Residential freehold purchase", "price_point": "based on a £300,000 property", "fee_basis": "fixed", "quote": "Average Legal Fees Based on a £300,000 property | £995.00 | £199.00 | £1,194.00", "vat_treatment": "VAT shown in a separate column, £199.00", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/firm_bell_lamb_joynson_purchase.json" }, { "id": "firm_beswicks_purchase", "name": "Beswicks Legal, freehold purchase legal fee", "category": "firm_row", "value_num": 1248, "display": "£1248 including VAT", "unit": "pounds including VAT, legal fee in a worked example at £200,000", "period_start": "2026-09-21", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_undated", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://beswicks.com/residential-property-fixed-fees-2/", "source_org": "Beswicks Legal", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "A VAT-inclusive worked example on a £200,000 house, with the search pack at £408.80 shown right beside it. That search pack is a third of the fee again, and it is the part nobody advertises.", "firm": "Beswicks Legal", "regulator": "not stated on the page", "transaction": "Purchase of an existing freehold property", "price_point": "worked example at £200,000 in Stoke on Trent", "fee_basis": "worked_example", "quote": "Purchase of a £200,000 existing freehold property in Stoke on Trent: Legal fees £1248 inc. vat", "vat_treatment": "every figure published including VAT, no rate stated", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/firm_beswicks_purchase.json" }, { "id": "firm_birketts_purchase", "name": "Birketts, freehold purchase legal fee", "category": "firm_row", "value_num": 2500, "display": "From £2,500 plus VAT", "unit": "pounds before VAT, legal fee on a freehold purchase", "period_start": "2026-05-01", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_date", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.birketts.co.uk/service/residential-real-estate/residential-real-estate-conveyancing-fees/", "source_org": "Birketts", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "A \"from\" price, so the published figure is a floor and not a quote. Their searches estimate of £350 to £600 is a reminder that the legal fee is rarely the biggest number on the bill.", "firm": "Birketts", "regulator": "SRA, registration number 441849", "transaction": "Residential freehold purchase", "price_point": "worked example of a £400,000 purchase with a mortgage", "fee_basis": "from", "quote": "Freehold: our legal fees start from £2,500 plus VAT*", "vat_treatment": "VAT chargeable at 20% as at 1 May 2026", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/firm_birketts_purchase.json" }, { "id": "firm_blacks_purchase", "name": "Blacks Solicitors LLP, freehold purchase legal fee", "category": "firm_row", "value_num": [ 600, 1850 ], "display": "£600 to £1850 plus VAT", "unit": "pounds before VAT, legal fee on a freehold purchase below £1 million", "period_start": "2026-09-21", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_undated", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.lawblacks.com/freehold-purchase-costs", "source_org": "Blacks Solicitors LLP", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "Worth reading the supplements under the headline. A new build with a mortgage adds nine hundred pounds plus VAT to the fee, which is more than their starting price.", "firm": "Blacks Solicitors LLP", "regulator": "SRA, number 419628", "transaction": "Residential freehold purchase", "price_point": "all prices below £1 million", "fee_basis": "range", "quote": "Range from £600 and £1850* (plus VAT)", "vat_treatment": "plus VAT", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/firm_blacks_purchase.json" }, { "id": "firm_clarke_willmott_purchase", "name": "Clarke Willmott, freehold purchase legal fee", "category": "firm_row", "value_num": 2000, "display": "£2,000 plus VAT", "unit": "pounds before VAT, purchase element of a worked example at £250,000", "period_start": "2026-04-01", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_date", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.clarkewillmott.com/crystal-clear-price-promise/residential-conveyancing/", "source_org": "Clarke Willmott", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "A worked example rather than a price list. It tells you what one transaction cost, which is more honest than a headline and less useful than a table.", "firm": "Clarke Willmott", "regulator": "SRA", "transaction": "Sale and purchase of a registered freehold detached house", "price_point": "worked example at £250,000", "fee_basis": "worked_example", "quote": "Purchase fees £2,000+ VAT at 20% (£400) and the following payments to third parties:", "vat_treatment": "our fees and some disbursements are subject to VAT at 20%", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/firm_clarke_willmott_purchase.json" }, { "id": "firm_dodds_purchase", "name": "Dodds Solicitors, freehold purchase legal fee", "category": "firm_row", "value_num": 680, "display": "£680 plus VAT, £816 with it", "unit": "pounds before VAT, legal fee in a worked example at £250,000", "period_start": "2026-09-21", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_undated", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://dodds-solicitors.co.uk/sra-transparency-rules-cost-service-conveyancing/", "source_org": "Dodds Solicitors", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "Six hundred and eighty pounds plus VAT on a £250,000 freehold, which is about as low as a published figure in this set goes once it is tied to a real price rather than to a range.", "firm": "Dodds Solicitors", "regulator": "SRA", "transaction": "Purchase of a freehold registered residential property with a standard mortgage", "price_point": "worked example at £250,000", "fee_basis": "worked_example", "quote": "Purchase of a freehold registered residential property for £250,000 with a standard mortgage ... Legal Fees £680 + VAT £136 = £816", "vat_treatment": "plus VAT at 20%, shown as £136", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/firm_dodds_purchase.json" }, { "id": "firm_gorvins_purchase", "name": "Gorvins Solicitors, freehold purchase legal fee", "category": "firm_row", "value_num": 1750, "display": "£1750 plus VAT", "unit": "pounds before VAT, legal fee in a worked example at £300,000", "period_start": "2024-10-01", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_date", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.gorvins.com/solicitors-for-individuals/property/conveyancing-pricing/", "source_org": "Gorvins Solicitors", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "Quoted against exactly £300,000, which makes it one of the easiest rows here to use. It also carries the oldest date on the site by some way, and a price marked correct in 2024 is a price worth checking before you rely on it.", "firm": "Gorvins Solicitors", "regulator": "SRA, number 801186", "transaction": "Residential freehold purchase", "price_point": "worked example at a £300,000 freehold property", "fee_basis": "worked_example", "quote": "an example of a quote are based on a freehold property price of £300,000 and are correct at 1st October 2024 | Legal fee £1750", "vat_treatment": "VAT on legal fee at 20%, £350", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/firm_gorvins_purchase.json" }, { "id": "firm_hugh_james_purchase", "name": "Hugh James, purchase legal fee", "category": "firm_row", "value_num": 1595, "display": "£1,595.00 plus VAT", "unit": "pounds before VAT, legal fee on a purchase at the firm's stated £250,000 scenario", "period_start": "2025-07-01", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_date", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.hughjames.com/about/our-prices/conveyancing-pricing/", "source_org": "Hugh James", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "Priced against average house prices rather than bands, and the same fee covers a £211,000 house in Cardiff and a £250,000 one in England. Only London moves the number.", "firm": "Hugh James", "regulator": "not stated on the page", "transaction": "Residential purchase", "price_point": "purchase of a property in England, based on an average house price of £250,000", "fee_basis": "fixed", "quote": "Fee (£) | VAT if applicable (£) | Legal fees | 1,595.00 | 319.00", "vat_treatment": "VAT shown in its own column, £319.00 on the legal fee", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/firm_hugh_james_purchase.json" }, { "id": "firm_irwin_mitchell_purchase", "name": "Irwin Mitchell, purchase legal fee", "category": "firm_row", "value_num": 2395, "display": "From £2,395 plus VAT", "unit": "pounds before VAT, legal fee on a purchase in the lowest published band", "period_start": "2026-09-21", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_undated", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.irwinmitchell.com/about-us/our-pricing", "source_org": "Irwin Mitchell", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "Their published table starts at half a million pounds. Below that, the price is behind a form that wants your name and number first. That is common, and it is the thing these rules were meant to stop.", "firm": "Irwin Mitchell", "regulator": "not stated on the pricing page", "transaction": "Residential purchase, freehold and leasehold not differentiated", "price_point": "lowest published band, £500,001 to £750,000; nothing published below £500,000", "fee_basis": "from", "quote": "£500,001 - £750,000 | From £2,395", "vat_treatment": "prices exclude VAT, charged at the standard rate of 20%", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/firm_irwin_mitchell_purchase.json" }, { "id": "firm_jmw_purchase", "name": "JMW Solicitors, freehold purchase legal fee", "category": "firm_row", "value_num": [ 850, 1450 ], "display": "£850 to £1,450 plus VAT", "unit": "pounds before VAT, legal fee on a freehold purchase in the band covering £300,000", "period_start": "2026-09-21", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_undated", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.jmw.co.uk/services-for-you/real-estate-residential/fixed-fee-conveyancing", "source_org": "JMW Solicitors", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "A proper band table, which is what the transparency rules were actually asking for: find your price, read your fee. Note it is still a range inside the band, not a single number.", "firm": "JMW Solicitors", "regulator": "not stated on the page", "transaction": "Residential freehold purchase", "price_point": "band £250,000.00 to £349,999.99", "fee_basis": "range", "quote": "Legal fees charged by JMW (excluding VAT) | £250,000.00 - £349,999.99 | £850.00 - £1,450.00", "vat_treatment": "table headed as excluding VAT; VAT not itemised", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/firm_jmw_purchase.json" }, { "id": "firm_knights_purchase", "name": "Knights, residential purchase legal fee", "category": "firm_row", "value_num": 4500, "display": "£4,500 minimum plus VAT", "unit": "pounds before VAT, minimum legal fee in the band covering £300,000", "period_start": "2026-09-21", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_undated", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.knightsplc.com/price-transparency/residential-property/", "source_org": "Knights", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "The dearest published figure in the set, and it is a minimum rather than a price. It is a reminder that \"what conveyancing costs\" is not one number, and that firms are aiming at different customers.", "firm": "Knights", "regulator": "not stated on the page", "transaction": "Residential purchase or sale", "price_point": "band up to £500,000", "fee_basis": "fixed", "quote": "Up to £500,000 | £4,500 minimum fee", "vat_treatment": "all fees are exclusive of VAT which will be payable in addition", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/firm_knights_purchase.json" }, { "id": "firm_lanyon_bowdler_purchase", "name": "Lanyon Bowdler, residential purchase legal fee", "category": "firm_row", "value_num": [ 800, 5000 ], "display": "£800 to £5,000 plus VAT, or £960 to £6,000 with it", "unit": "pounds before VAT, legal fee on a residential purchase", "period_start": "2026-09-21", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_undated", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.lblaw.co.uk/about-us/pricing-service-information/purchase-of-a-residential-property/", "source_org": "Lanyon Bowdler", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "Publishes the figure both ways round in one sentence, before VAT and after, which saves the reader doing sums to compare it with anyone else. More firms could do that tomorrow.", "firm": "Lanyon Bowdler", "regulator": "SRA, number 534828", "transaction": "Purchase of a residential property", "price_point": "all prices, no bands published", "fee_basis": "range", "quote": "The fees are likely to be in the range of £800 to £5,000 plus VAT (£960 to £6,000 with VAT).", "vat_treatment": "given both plus VAT and with VAT in the same sentence", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/firm_lanyon_bowdler_purchase.json" }, { "id": "firm_lodders_purchase", "name": "Lodders Solicitors, freehold purchase legal fee", "category": "firm_row", "value_num": [ 2500, 5500 ], "display": "£2,500 to £5,500 plus VAT across the two examples published", "unit": "pounds before VAT, legal fee across the firm's two published freehold purchase examples", "period_start": "2024-01-01", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_date", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.lodders.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2024-Pricing-information.pdf", "source_org": "Lodders Solicitors", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "A firm that says plainly it will not do this at a fixed fee, and publishes indicative ranges on much larger houses instead. Note their search fees line: four hundred to nine hundred pounds, depending on how much land comes with the place.", "firm": "Lodders Solicitors", "regulator": "not stated in the document", "transaction": "Buying a residential freehold property", "price_point": "published examples at £750,000 and £2,000,000; nothing published near £300,000", "fee_basis": "range", "quote": "Buying a residential property: Freehold | Purchase Price £750,000 | Purchase Price £2,000,000 | Our fees £2,500 to £3,500 | £3,500 to £5,500", "vat_treatment": "indicative fee estimates which are exclusive of VAT", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/firm_lodders_purchase.json" }, { "id": "firm_napthens_purchase", "name": "Napthens, purchase legal fee", "category": "firm_row", "value_num": 1200, "display": "£1,200 plus VAT", "unit": "pounds before VAT, legal fee in the band covering a £300,000 purchase", "period_start": "2026-09-21", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_undated", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.napthens.co.uk/our-charges-buying-and-selling-residential-property/residential-conveyancing-pricing/", "source_org": "Napthens", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "A clean band scale with a single figure in each band, which makes it one of the few rows here you could actually budget from. Their stamp duty submission fee of £95 plus VAT is worth noticing: it is a charge for filling in a form.", "firm": "Napthens", "regulator": "not stated on the page", "transaction": "Residential purchase, freehold and leasehold on the same scale", "price_point": "band £200,001 to £300,000", "fee_basis": "fixed", "quote": "Purchase transactions for both freehold and leasehold properties | Professional fees | £200,001 to £300,000 | £1,200", "vat_treatment": "VAT will be payable, currently at 20%", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/firm_napthens_purchase.json" }, { "id": "firm_nelsons_purchase", "name": "Nelsons, freehold purchase legal fee", "category": "firm_row", "value_num": [ 900, 2000 ], "display": "£900 to £2,000 plus VAT, or £1080 to £2,400 with it", "unit": "pounds before VAT, legal fee on a freehold purchase up to £500,000", "period_start": "2026-09-21", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_undated", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.nelsonslaw.co.uk/about-us/our-fees/", "source_org": "Nelsons", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "Published net, VAT and gross in three columns, which is the clearest way to do it. The same range covers everything up to half a million pounds.", "firm": "Nelsons", "regulator": "not stated on the page", "transaction": "Purchase of a freehold residential property", "price_point": "all prices up to £500,000", "fee_basis": "range", "quote": "Purchase of a Freehold Residential Property | From £900-£2,000.00 | £180-£400 | £1080 - £2,400", "vat_treatment": "VAT column shown separately, £180 to £400", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/firm_nelsons_purchase.json" }, { "id": "firm_osbornes_purchase", "name": "Osbornes Law, freehold purchase legal fee", "category": "firm_row", "value_num": [ 1350, 3500 ], "display": "£1,350 to £3,500 plus VAT", "unit": "pounds before VAT, legal fee on a purchase", "period_start": "2026-09-21", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_undated", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://osborneslaw.com/property-law/conveyancing-solicitors-london/fees/", "source_org": "Osbornes Law", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "A London firm publishing a straight range and saying plainly that it depends on the value. The lower end sits near the middle of what everyone else charges.", "firm": "Osbornes Law", "regulator": "not stated on the page", "transaction": "Residential freehold or leasehold purchase", "price_point": "all prices, the top of the range quoted against £1,900,001 to £2,000,000", "fee_basis": "range", "quote": "Our conveyancing legal fees will depend on the value of the freehold or leasehold property you are purchasing and will range from £1,350.00 to £3,500.00 plus VAT.", "vat_treatment": "plus VAT, rate not stated for the legal fee", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/firm_osbornes_purchase.json" }, { "id": "firm_price_table", "name": "Conveyancing legal fees, from firms' own published prices", "category": "firm_table", "value_num": [ 500, 5500 ], "display": "£500 to £5,500 before VAT across the firms we read", "unit": "pounds before VAT for the legal fee on a residential freehold purchase, across named firms' own published prices", "period_start": "2026-09-21", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_undated", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": [ "firm_taylor_rose_purchase", "firm_osbornes_purchase", "firm_birketts_purchase", "firm_irwin_mitchell_purchase", "firm_stephensons_purchase", "firm_jmw_purchase", "firm_clarke_willmott_purchase", "firm_hugh_james_purchase", "firm_nelsons_purchase", "firm_lanyon_bowdler_purchase", "firm_knights_purchase", "firm_blacks_purchase", "firm_ashtons_purchase", "firm_napthens_purchase", "firm_gorvins_purchase", "firm_rothera_bray_purchase", "firm_bell_lamb_joynson_purchase", "firm_woodfines_purchase", "firm_beswicks_purchase", "firm_lodders_purchase", "firm_dodds_purchase" ], "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.taylor-rose.co.uk/property/purchase-fees", "source_org": "Firms' own published price pages, each listed separately", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "Every firm here is required to publish what it charges, so we read what each one publishes, quote it word for word and write down the day we read it. The spread is enormous. What it is not is a league table: a fixed fee, an open range and a worked example are three different promises, and a firm that quotes with VAT in is not dearer than one that quotes with VAT out. Read the basis beside the figure.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/firm_price_table.json" }, { "id": "firm_rothera_bray_purchase", "name": "Rothera Bray, freehold purchase legal fee", "category": "firm_row", "value_num": [ 900, 3000 ], "display": "£900 to £3,000 including VAT", "unit": "pounds including VAT, legal fee on a freehold purchase", "period_start": "2026-09-21", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_undated", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://rotherabray.co.uk/conveyancing/freehold-sale-or-purchase-fees/", "source_org": "Rothera Bray Solicitors", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "Prices by how hard the job is rather than by what the house is worth, which is closer to how the work actually varies. A simple registered freehold at the bottom, an unregistered historic building at the top.", "firm": "Rothera Bray Solicitors", "regulator": "not stated on the page", "transaction": "Residential freehold purchase", "price_point": "all prices, described by complexity rather than by value", "fee_basis": "range", "quote": "Our fees for a typical house purchase range from around £900 (inc. VAT) for a simple transaction to around £3,000 (inc. VAT) for a substantial historic building on unregistered land.", "vat_treatment": "VAT is currently 20%, but note that the estimates above include VAT", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/firm_rothera_bray_purchase.json" }, { "id": "firm_stephensons_purchase", "name": "Stephensons Solicitors LLP, purchase legal fee", "category": "firm_row", "value_num": 960, "display": "£960 including VAT", "unit": "pounds including VAT, average legal fee on a purchase", "period_start": "2026-09-21", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_undated", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.stephensons.co.uk/site/legal_fixed_fees/ff_personal/resi/", "source_org": "Stephensons Solicitors LLP", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "The lowest published figure in the set, and it already has the VAT in it, which makes it lower still against the ones that do not. Note what their page pins its prices to: an average house price from June 2023.", "firm": "Stephensons Solicitors LLP", "regulator": "not stated on the page", "transaction": "Residential purchase", "price_point": "the firm's stated average, against a cited UK average house price", "fee_basis": "fixed", "quote": "Our average legal fees to act on the purchase of a property are £960 inclusive of VAT", "vat_treatment": "inclusive of VAT", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/firm_stephensons_purchase.json" }, { "id": "firm_taylor_rose_purchase", "name": "Taylor Rose MW, freehold purchase legal fee", "category": "firm_row", "value_num": [ 500, 5000 ], "display": "£500 to £5,000 plus VAT", "unit": "pounds before VAT, legal fee on a freehold purchase", "period_start": "2026-09-21", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_undated", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.taylor-rose.co.uk/property/purchase-fees", "source_org": "Taylor Rose MW", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "A range that runs from five hundred pounds to five thousand, with nothing published to tell you where in it your house falls. That is a published price in the letter of the rules and not much use in practice, and it is worth noticing that their identity check alone is dearer than most firms' whole identity check line.", "firm": "Taylor Rose MW", "regulator": "SRA, number 623604", "transaction": "Residential freehold purchase", "price_point": "all prices, no band table published", "fee_basis": "range", "quote": "Legal Fee: £500 to £5,000 (+20% VAT of £79.80 to £1,000)", "vat_treatment": "plus VAT at 20%", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/firm_taylor_rose_purchase.json" }, { "id": "firm_woodfines_purchase", "name": "Woodfines, freehold purchase legal fee", "category": "firm_row", "value_num": 2225, "display": "£2,225.00 plus VAT", "unit": "pounds before VAT, purchase element of a worked example at £750,000", "period_start": "2026-09-21", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "page_undated", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.woodfines.co.uk/service/fees-residential-conveyancing/", "source_org": "Woodfines", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-10-21", "history": [], "public_note": "Published against a £750,000 house, which is the only example they give, so it tells you very little about a typical purchase. Their extras are worth reading: a gifted deposit adds five hundred and fifty pounds.", "firm": "Woodfines", "regulator": "not stated on the page", "transaction": "Freehold residential purchase by two people, with a mortgage", "price_point": "worked example at £750,000, the only purchase example published", "fee_basis": "worked_example", "quote": "Purchase of a freehold residential property by two people, for £750,000 with a mortgage. Woodfines Legal Fees Purchase: £2,225.00 net, £445.00 VAT", "vat_treatment": "net and VAT shown as separate columns", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/firm_woodfines_purchase.json" }, { "id": "lbtt_additional_dwelling_supplement", "name": "Additional Dwelling Supplement (Scotland)", "category": "property_tax", "value_num": 8, "display": "8% of the whole purchase price", "unit": "percent of the purchase price, charged on top of LBTT", "period_start": "2024-12-05", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "data", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://revenue.scot/taxes/land-buildings-transaction-tax/additional-dwelling-supplement-ads", "source_org": "Revenue Scotland", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-12-01", "history": [ { "period": "16 December 2022 to 4 December 2024", "value_num": 6, "display": "6% of the whole purchase price" }, { "period": "25 January 2019 to 15 December 2022", "value_num": 4, "display": "4% of the whole purchase price" } ], "public_note": "Scotland's second-home charge works differently from England's. It is 8% of the entire purchase price, flat, not extra percentage points on each slice. On a £250,000 second home that is £20,000 on top of the LBTT. Check which country you are buying in before you trust any second-property calculator.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/lbtt_additional_dwelling_supplement.json" }, { "id": "lbtt_first_time_buyer_relief", "name": "LBTT first-time buyer relief (Scotland)", "category": "property_tax", "value_num": 175000, "display": "Nil-rate band raised to £175,000, worth up to £600", "unit": "pounds, the nil-rate threshold for a first-time buyer", "period_start": "2021-04-01", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "data", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://revenue.scot/taxes/land-buildings-transaction-tax/residential-property", "source_org": "Revenue Scotland", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-12-01", "history": [], "public_note": "Scotland's first-time buyer relief lifts the nil-rate band to £175,000, which Revenue Scotland says is worth up to £600. That is real money and it is also a good deal less than the English relief. Two different taxes, two different reliefs, and no reason to expect them to match.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/lbtt_first_time_buyer_relief.json" }, { "id": "lbtt_residential_bands", "name": "Land and Buildings Transaction Tax, residential rates (Scotland)", "category": "property_tax", "value_num": [ 0, 12 ], "display": "0% up to £145,000, then 2%, 5%, 10% and 12% on the portions above", "unit": "percent of the portion of the price falling in each band", "period_start": "2021-04-01", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "data", "scale_kind": "tax_bands", "bands": [ { "band": "Up to £145,000", "from_value": 0, "to_value": 145000, "rate": 0 }, { "band": "£145,001 to £250,000", "from_value": 145001, "to_value": 250000, "rate": 2 }, { "band": "£250,001 to £325,000", "from_value": 250001, "to_value": 325000, "rate": 5 }, { "band": "£325,001 to £750,000", "from_value": 325001, "to_value": 750000, "rate": 10 }, { "band": "Over £750,000", "from_value": 750001, "to_value": null, "rate": 12 } ], "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://revenue.scot/taxes/land-buildings-transaction-tax/residential-property", "source_org": "Revenue Scotland", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-12-01", "history": [], "public_note": "Scotland does not have stamp duty. It has LBTT, set at Holyrood, and the bands are different: nothing up to £145,000, then 2% and upward in slices. A calculator built for England will give a Scottish buyer the wrong number, which is why the ones that do not ask where the house is should be closed.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/lbtt_residential_bands.json" }, { "id": "lr_fee_order", "name": "The order that sets Land Registry fees", "category": "land_registry", "value_num": null, "display": "Land Registration Fee Order 2024, in force since 9 December 2024", "unit": "statutory instrument", "period_start": "2024-12-09", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "data", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/guidance/hm-land-registry-registration-services-fees", "source_org": "HM Land Registry", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-12-21", "history": [], "public_note": "Land Registry fees are not a price and not a quote. They are set by an order laid before Parliament, and the current one has been in force since December 2024. That means no firm can be cheaper on this line, and any firm that marks it up is charging you for something it did not set.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/lr_fee_order.json" }, { "id": "lr_fees_no_vat", "name": "VAT on HM Land Registry fees", "category": "land_registry", "value_num": 0, "display": "No VAT", "unit": "VAT rate on HM Land Registry statutory fees", "period_start": "2024-12-09", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "data", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/guidance/hm-land-registry-registration-services-fees", "source_org": "HM Land Registry", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-12-21", "history": [], "public_note": "Land Registry fees carry no VAT. Your solicitor's own fee does, at 20%. If a quote adds VAT across the whole total including the Land Registry line, the total is wrong and it is wrong in their favour.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/lr_fees_no_vat.json" }, { "id": "lr_k15_k16_land_charges_search", "name": "Land Charges official search, bankruptcy search (K15 and K16)", "category": "land_registry", "value_num": 6, "display": "£6 per name through the portal, £7 per name by post", "unit": "pounds per name searched, forms K15 and K16", "period_start": "2024-12-09", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "data", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/guidance/hm-land-registry-land-charges-fees", "source_org": "HM Land Registry", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-12-21", "history": [], "public_note": "The bankruptcy search, run against each buyer's name because a lender will not complete without it. Six pounds a name electronically. It is charged per name, so a couple is twelve pounds, and that is the whole reason two quotes can differ on this line without either being wrong.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/lr_k15_k16_land_charges_search.json" }, { "id": "lr_oc1_official_copy", "name": "Official copy of a register or title plan (OC1)", "category": "land_registry", "value_num": 7, "display": "£7 through the portal, £11 by post", "unit": "pounds per copy, form OC1, official copy of a register or title plan", "period_start": "2024-12-09", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "data", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/guidance/hm-land-registry-information-services-fees", "source_org": "HM Land Registry", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-12-21", "history": [], "public_note": "A copy of the register and the title plan, which is how your conveyancer finds out what is actually on the deeds. Seven pounds each electronically. A purchase normally needs a handful, so this is a line of tens of pounds, not hundreds.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/lr_oc1_official_copy.json" }, { "id": "lr_os1_priority_search", "name": "Official search with priority (OS1)", "category": "land_registry", "value_num": 7, "display": "£7 through the portal, £11 by post", "unit": "pounds per search, form OS1, official search of whole with priority", "period_start": "2024-12-09", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "data", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/guidance/hm-land-registry-information-services-fees", "source_org": "HM Land Registry", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-12-21", "history": [], "public_note": "The search that freezes the register for 30 working days so nobody can slip a charge on to your title between exchange and registration. It costs your conveyancer seven pounds. If it appears on your bill at thirty, that is a mark-up, not a disbursement.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/lr_os1_priority_search.json" }, { "id": "lr_scale1_fees", "name": "HM Land Registry Scale 1 fees", "category": "land_registry", "value_num": [ 20, 1105 ], "display": "£20 to £1,105 depending on price and how the application is sent", "unit": "pounds per application, Scale 1, by price band", "period_start": "2024-12-09", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "data", "scale_kind": "scale1", "bands": [ { "band": "0 to £80,000", "from_value": 0, "to_value": 80000, "post": 45, "portal_whole": 20, "portal_part": 45, "voluntary_first_registration": 30 }, { "band": "£80,001 to £100,000", "from_value": 80001, "to_value": 100000, "post": 95, "portal_whole": 40, "portal_part": 95, "voluntary_first_registration": 70 }, { "band": "£100,001 to £200,000", "from_value": 100001, "to_value": 200000, "post": 230, "portal_whole": 100, "portal_part": 230, "voluntary_first_registration": 170 }, { "band": "£200,001 to £500,000", "from_value": 200001, "to_value": 500000, "post": 330, "portal_whole": 150, "portal_part": 330, "voluntary_first_registration": 250 }, { "band": "£500,001 to £1,000,000", "from_value": 500001, "to_value": 1000000, "post": 655, "portal_whole": 295, "portal_part": 655, "voluntary_first_registration": 495 }, { "band": "£1,000,001 and over", "from_value": 1000001, "to_value": null, "post": 1105, "portal_whole": 500, "portal_part": 1105, "voluntary_first_registration": 830 } ], "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/guidance/hm-land-registry-registration-services-fees", "source_org": "HM Land Registry", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-12-21", "history": [], "public_note": "This is the fee to register the change of ownership, and it is set by an order of Parliament, not quoted by anyone. It goes up in steps with the price of the property. Your conveyancer will almost certainly lodge it electronically, which is the cheaper column, so that is the figure that should reach your bill. If a quote shows the by-post figure instead, ask why.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/lr_scale1_fees.json" }, { "id": "lr_scale2_fees", "name": "HM Land Registry Scale 2 fees", "category": "land_registry", "value_num": [ 20, 305 ], "display": "£20 to £305 depending on amount and how the application is sent", "unit": "pounds per application, Scale 2, by price band", "period_start": "2024-12-09", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "data", "scale_kind": "scale2", "bands": [ { "band": "0 to £100,000", "from_value": 0, "to_value": 100000, "post": 45, "portal_whole": 20, "portal_part": 45 }, { "band": "£100,001 to £200,000", "from_value": 100001, "to_value": 200000, "post": 70, "portal_whole": 30, "portal_part": 70 }, { "band": "£200,001 to £500,000", "from_value": 200001, "to_value": 500000, "post": 100, "portal_whole": 45, "portal_part": 100 }, { "band": "£500,001 to £1,000,000", "from_value": 500001, "to_value": 1000000, "post": 145, "portal_whole": 65, "portal_part": 145 }, { "band": "£1,000,001 and over", "from_value": 1000001, "to_value": null, "post": 305, "portal_whole": 140, "portal_part": 305 } ], "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/guidance/hm-land-registry-registration-services-fees", "source_org": "HM Land Registry", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-12-21", "history": [], "public_note": "The cheaper of the two Land Registry scales. It covers the paperwork where nothing is being bought, which for most people means a remortgage or putting a partner on the deeds. Same principle: the fee is set by order, it steps up with the amount, and sending it electronically costs less.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/lr_scale2_fees.json" }, { "id": "ltt_higher_residential_bands", "name": "Land Transaction Tax, higher residential rates (Wales)", "category": "property_tax", "value_num": [ 5, 17 ], "display": "5% from the first pound, rising to 17% on the portion above £1.5m", "unit": "percent of the portion of the price falling in each band, additional property", "period_start": "2024-12-11", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "data", "scale_kind": "tax_bands", "bands": [ { "band": "The portion up to and including £180,000", "from_value": 0, "to_value": 180000, "rate": 5 }, { "band": "The portion over £180,000 up to and including £250,000", "from_value": 180001, "to_value": 250000, "rate": 8.5 }, { "band": "The portion over £250,000 up to and including £400,000", "from_value": 250001, "to_value": 400000, "rate": 10 }, { "band": "The portion over £400,000 up to and including £750,000", "from_value": 400001, "to_value": 750000, "rate": 12.5 }, { "band": "The portion over £750,000 up to and including £1,500,000", "from_value": 750001, "to_value": 1500000, "rate": 15 }, { "band": "The portion over £1,500,000", "from_value": 1500001, "to_value": null, "rate": 17 } ], "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.gov.wales/land-transaction-tax-rates-and-bands", "source_org": "Welsh Revenue Authority", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-12-01", "history": [], "public_note": "Wales handles second homes with a whole separate table rather than a surcharge, and it starts at 5% from the first pound. So the three countries do this three different ways: England adds points to each band, Scotland charges a flat 8% of the lot, Wales moves you to another table. Anyone comparing them in one sentence is oversimplifying.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/ltt_higher_residential_bands.json" }, { "id": "ltt_main_residential_bands", "name": "Land Transaction Tax, main residential rates (Wales)", "category": "property_tax", "value_num": [ 0, 12 ], "display": "0% up to £225,000, then 6%, 7.5%, 10% and 12% on the portions above", "unit": "percent of the portion of the price falling in each band", "period_start": "2022-10-10", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "data", "scale_kind": "tax_bands", "bands": [ { "band": "The portion up to and including £225,000", "from_value": 0, "to_value": 225000, "rate": 0 }, { "band": "The portion over £225,000 up to and including £400,000", "from_value": 225001, "to_value": 400000, "rate": 6 }, { "band": "The portion over £400,000 up to and including £750,000", "from_value": 400001, "to_value": 750000, "rate": 7.5 }, { "band": "The portion over £750,000 up to and including £1,500,000", "from_value": 750001, "to_value": 1500000, "rate": 10 }, { "band": "The portion over £1,500,000", "from_value": 1500001, "to_value": null, "rate": 12 } ], "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.gov.wales/land-transaction-tax-rates-and-bands", "source_org": "Welsh Revenue Authority", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-12-01", "history": [], "public_note": "Wales has its own tax again, with the highest starting threshold of the three: nothing up to £225,000. Above that the first rate is 6%, higher than England's 2%, so Wales is kinder at the bottom and steeper in the middle. Three countries, three sets of bands, and no calculator should give you a number without asking which one you are in.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/ltt_main_residential_bands.json" }, { "id": "ltt_no_first_time_buyer_relief", "name": "First-time buyer relief in Wales", "category": "property_tax", "value_num": null, "display": "There is no first-time buyer relief in Wales", "unit": "policy position", "period_start": "2018-04-01", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "data", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.gov.wales/land-transaction-tax-rates-and-bands", "source_org": "Welsh Revenue Authority", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-12-01", "history": [], "public_note": "Wales has no first-time buyer relief. It does not need one in the same way, because its starting threshold is the highest of the three at £225,000, so a first home under that pays nothing anyway. If a national guide tells you to claim first-time buyer relief on a Welsh purchase, it was written for England and nobody checked.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/ltt_no_first_time_buyer_relief.json" }, { "id": "sdlt_additional_property_surcharge", "name": "Stamp Duty additional property surcharge (England and Northern Ireland)", "category": "property_tax", "value_num": 5, "display": "5% on top of the normal rates", "unit": "percentage points added to each SDLT band", "period_start": "2024-10-31", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "data", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/stamp-duty-land-tax/residential-property-rates", "source_org": "HMRC", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-12-01", "history": [ { "period": "1 April 2016 to 30 October 2024", "value_num": 3, "display": "3% on top of the normal rates" } ], "public_note": "Buy a second property and 5% is added to every band, not just the top one. It catches people who are not investors: if your old home has not completed on the day your new one does, you own two, you pay the surcharge, and you claim it back afterwards. Budget for it even when you expect a refund.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/sdlt_additional_property_surcharge.json" }, { "id": "sdlt_first_time_buyer_relief", "name": "Stamp Duty first-time buyer relief (England and Northern Ireland)", "category": "property_tax", "value_num": 300000, "display": "No SDLT up to £300,000, then 5% from £300,001 to £500,000, and no relief at all above £500,000", "unit": "pounds, the nil-rate threshold for a first-time buyer", "period_start": "2025-04-01", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "data", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/stamp-duty-land-tax/residential-property-rates", "source_org": "HMRC", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-12-01", "history": [], "public_note": "If this is the first home for everyone buying it, you pay nothing up to £300,000 and 5% on the slice between £300,001 and £500,000. Above £500,000 the relief does not shrink, it disappears, and you are back on the ordinary rates from the first pound over. If one of you has owned a home before, nobody gets the relief.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/sdlt_first_time_buyer_relief.json" }, { "id": "sdlt_non_resident_surcharge", "name": "Stamp Duty non-resident surcharge (England and Northern Ireland)", "category": "property_tax", "value_num": 2, "display": "2% on top, if you were in the UK for fewer than 183 days in the 12 months before the purchase", "unit": "percentage points added to each SDLT band", "period_start": "2021-04-01", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "data", "scale_kind": null, "bands": null, "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/stamp-duty-land-tax/residential-property-rates", "source_org": "HMRC", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-12-01", "history": [], "public_note": "This one is a day count, not a passport. Fewer than 183 days in the UK in the year before you buy and 2% goes on top of every band. It stacks with the second-property surcharge if both apply to you.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/sdlt_non_resident_surcharge.json" }, { "id": "sdlt_residential_bands", "name": "Stamp Duty Land Tax, residential rates (England and Northern Ireland)", "category": "property_tax", "value_num": [ 0, 12 ], "display": "0% up to £125,000, then 2%, 5%, 10% and 12% on the portions above", "unit": "percent of the portion of the price falling in each band", "period_start": "2025-04-01", "period_end": null, "period_kind": "data", "scale_kind": "tax_bands", "bands": [ { "band": "Up to £125,000", "from_value": 0, "to_value": 125000, "rate": 0 }, { "band": "The next £125,000 (the portion from £125,001 to £250,000)", "from_value": 125001, "to_value": 250000, "rate": 2 }, { "band": "The next £675,000 (the portion from £250,001 to £925,000)", "from_value": 250001, "to_value": 925000, "rate": 5 }, { "band": "The next £575,000 (the portion from £925,001 to £1.5 million)", "from_value": 925001, "to_value": 1500000, "rate": 10 }, { "band": "The remaining amount (the portion above £1.5 million)", "from_value": 1500001, "to_value": null, "rate": 12 } ], "spans": null, "primary": null, "deadline": null, "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/stamp-duty-land-tax/residential-property-rates", "source_org": "HMRC", "checked_at": "2026-09-21", "recheck_by": "2026-12-01", "history": [ { "period": "23 September 2022 to 31 March 2025", "value_num": [ 0, 12 ], "display": "0% up to £250,000, then 5%, 10% and 12% on the portions above" } ], "public_note": "Stamp duty in England and Northern Ireland is charged in slices, not all at one rate. You pay nothing on the first £125,000 of the price, then 2% on the slice up to £250,000, and so on up. So a £300,000 house is not taxed at 5%. Anyone who tells you the whole price is taxed at your top rate is either guessing or selling you something.", "next": null, "url": "https://deedsum.co.uk/api/sdlt_residential_bands.json" } ] }