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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
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Jasper Lindell

Stamp duty waiver extended for off-the-plan dwellings amid price jump

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr, who has announced an extended stamp duty waiver program for off-the-plan dwellings. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

The ACT government will raise its threshold for stamp duty exemptions on dwellings bought off-the-plan after a year in which the median unit price in the territory rose by more than 17 per cent.

Anyone who buys a new property off-the-plan for $600,000 or less will not need to pay stamp duty from April 1, which the ACT government said would save buyers up to $15,720.

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