Petition · past parliament
Refund Stamp Duty paid by first time buyers who completed in the last 6 months.
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Out of the Blue in the 2017 November Budget Philip Hammond scrapped stamp duty for first time buyers buying houses up to 300k. This means buyers completing on the 21st of November would have paid in full and those completing on the 23rd November paying none. Prior warning would have been nice...
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 22 Nov 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 29 Nov 2017 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
29 Nov 2017
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.