'Rebate to renovate': Think tanks join calls for stamp duty cuts to encourage home energy efficiency upgrades

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Proposal would see stamp duty rebate offered to homeowners making energy improvements within two years of buying a property

A clutch of influential think tanks have joined calls for the government to offer a stamp duty rebate for homeowners who install energy efficiency improvements within two years of purchasing their property,...

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