Home buying costs by UK country

Use this hub when you need country-level planning first, then local page detail second. Each country card links to city pages, county pages and scenario calculators with the correct tax regime.

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England

Tax regime: SDLT

England pages use SDLT assumptions and link into city and county planning routes.

Top cities

London Manchester Birmingham Leeds Liverpool Bristol Newcastle Sheffield Nottingham Leicester

Top counties

Greater London Greater Manchester West Midlands West Yorkshire South Yorkshire Merseyside Avon Kent Essex Surrey

Country tools

Stamp duty hub Conveyancing fees

Scotland

Tax regime: LBTT

Scotland pages use LBTT assumptions and highlight Scottish city/county comparisons.

Top cities

Glasgow Edinburgh Aberdeen Dundee Inverness Stirling Perth

Top counties

Fife Lanarkshire Renfrewshire Highland Dumfries And Galloway

Country tools

LBTT hub Total cost hub

Wales

Tax regime: LTT

Wales pages use LTT assumptions with direct links to Welsh planning scenarios.

Top cities

Cardiff Swansea Newport Wrexham

Top counties

Powys Gwynedd Monmouthshire

Country tools

LTT hub Moving-home hub