To think it might be possible to move by Christmas and therefore not have to pay stamp duty?

[FlamingoBingo]

We've literally just decided we want to move house and have started neatening up the house to get it valued. We have a portable mortgage so that's all sorte.

However, we just found out today that stamp duty is suspended until 31 December.

AIBU to think it might actually be possible for us to finish painting the manky walls in our house, put a HIP together, get it on the market, find a house to buy, sell this one all in time for Christmas to save the fortune we would normally have to pay on stamp duty?

Never sold a house before so don't really know...

I think we will wait now - DH's potential new job would mean that if we sat tight for a few months, we'd be able to get a bigger mortgage and, therefore, a bigger house.

I'm still excited though - lots of changes happening right now. Going to carry on with our frenzied decorating and neatening everything up, but it'll make it easier for us to enjoy Christmas and have the house on the market in time for the Spring when it's at it's best.