Rule change log

Re-verified the SDLT bands and the 2% non-resident surcharge against the current HMRC guidance during the site-wide rank audit.

From

0% to £125,000 · 2% to £250,000 · 5% to £925,000 · 10% to £1.5m · 12% above (bands unchanged)

To

Same bands confirmed current; non-resident +2% and second-home +3% surcharges reconfirmed

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gov.uk — Stamp Duty Land Tax rates

Re-verified Ontario's LTT bands and the Toronto municipal tax layer used by the stamp duty calculator.

From

0.5% up to $55k · 1.0% to $250k · 1.5% to $400k · 2.0% to $2m · 2.5% above (bands unchanged)

To

Same bands confirmed; Toronto municipal top-up reconfirmed at its separate banding

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ontario.ca — Land Transfer Tax

Re-verified the seven NSW duty bands and the 8% foreign purchaser surcharge used as the AU default.

From

NSW banded duty with 8% foreign surcharge (bands unchanged)

To

Same bands confirmed current; surcharge rate reconfirmed at 8%

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revenue.nsw.gov.au — Transfer duty rates

Re-verified the 4% Dubai Land Department transfer fee and the ~0.25% registration trustee fee used across UAE pages.

From

4% DLD fee + registration trustee fee (unchanged)

To

Same fees confirmed current

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dubailand.gov.ae — Transfer fees

Replaced 37 dead source URLs across all posts and hubs with current pages (gov.uk, CFPB, NerdWallet, Zillow, UK Finance, FCA, Toronto, Knight Frank, ABS, BoE, Nolo, NSW).

From

Outdated source URLs returning 404

To

Current, verified source pages

Source

Live URL verification of every cited source