Seller Stamp Duty is back to the way it was. Again. Because, of course, it is. To prevent the market from reacting on time and deprive me of sleep, the government has just announced, at close to midnight on 03 July 2025, that Sellers Stamp Duty (SSD) rates are back to how they were in 2017. This is to cool the property market, because nothing helps to lower prices like further restricting the resale supply, at a time when many of the new launches are in the Core Central Region (CCR). Here’s more on this stroke of genius. Table of Contents

• What is SSD, and what is happening?
• What does this mean for you?
  • First, we could see less speculative buying, and fewer sub sale transactions
  • Second, it could slow the supply of resale units entering the market. 
  • Why buying in 2025 might mean less competition later on
  • The bargaining power could shift

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