questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing restrictions on foreign (a) nationals and (b) companies purchasing new houses.
answerText: The government made clear in its manifesto that we would increase the non-resident Stamp Duty Land Tax surcharge by one percentage point.At the Budget, we decided to go further and instead increased the Higher Rate for Additional Dwellings by 2 percentage...
heading: Housing: Foreign Nationals