Residential Land Transaction Tax statistics, by built up area, transaction type, measure and effective 4-quarter rolling period

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Standard shorthand is used in this table: [c] = confidential information, [k] = low figure, [r] = revised.

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Data valuesData descriptionPeriodBuilt-up areaTransaction type
47,010Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025Total of built-up areas in Wales (records with known BUA classification)Residential
37,340Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025Total of built-up areas in Wales (records with known BUA classification)Main rate residential
9,670Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025Total of built-up areas in Wales (records with known BUA classification)Higher rates residential
5,890Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025Dispersed (not in a BUA)Residential
4,810Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025Dispersed (not in a BUA)Main rate residential
1,080Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025Dispersed (not in a BUA)Higher rates residential
5,890Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025Dispersed (not in a BUA): Least sparse rural-urban areaResidential
4,810Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025Dispersed (not in a BUA): Least sparse rural-urban areaMain rate residential
1,080Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025Dispersed (not in a BUA): Least sparse rural-urban areaHigher rates residential
5,130Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025300-400 BUAs with less than 2000 populationResidential
4,130Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025300-400 BUAs with less than 2000 populationMain rate residential
1,000Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025300-400 BUAs with less than 2000 populationHigher rates residential
90Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025ChesterResidential
70Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025ChesterMain rate residential
10Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025ChesterHigher rates residential
50Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025KnightonResidential
40Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025KnightonMain rate residential
10Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025KnightonHigher rates residential
50Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025AmlwchResidential
40Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025AmlwchMain rate residential
10Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025AmlwchHigher rates residential
40Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025BenllechResidential
30Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025BenllechMain rate residential
10Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025BenllechHigher rates residential
380Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025PrestatynResidential
320Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025PrestatynMain rate residential
60Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025PrestatynHigher rates residential
170Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025HolyheadResidential
130Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025HolyheadMain rate residential
40Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025HolyheadHigher rates residential
310Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025LlandudnoResidential
230Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025LlandudnoMain rate residential
80Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025LlandudnoHigher rates residential
100Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025Penrhyn BayResidential
90Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025Penrhyn BayMain rate residential
10Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025Penrhyn BayHigher rates residential
450Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025RhylResidential
340Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025RhylMain rate residential
110Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025RhylHigher rates residential
40Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025MelidenResidential
40Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025MelidenMain rate residential
10Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025MelidenHigher rates residential
190Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025Kinmel BayResidential
160Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025Kinmel BayMain rate residential
30Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025Kinmel BayHigher rates residential
30Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025ValleyResidential
30Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025ValleyMain rate residential
[c]Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025ValleyHigher rates residential
610Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025Colwyn BayResidential
490Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025Colwyn BayMain rate residential
120Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025Colwyn BayHigher rates residential
340Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025ConwyResidential
280Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025ConwyMain rate residential
60Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025ConwyHigher rates residential
30Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025DyserthResidential
30Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025DyserthMain rate residential
[c]Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025DyserthHigher rates residential
70Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025RhuddlanResidential
60Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025RhuddlanMain rate residential
10Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025RhuddlanHigher rates residential
200Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025AbergeleResidential
180Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025AbergeleMain rate residential
30Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025AbergeleHigher rates residential
60Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025PenmaenmawrResidential
40Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025PenmaenmawrMain rate residential
20Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025PenmaenmawrHigher rates residential
90Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025BagilltResidential
70Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025BagilltMain rate residential
20Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025BagilltHigher rates residential
120Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025Holywell (Flintshire)Residential
90Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025Holywell (Flintshire)Main rate residential
20Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025Holywell (Flintshire)Higher rates residential
90Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025LlangefniResidential
80Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025LlangefniMain rate residential
10Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025LlangefniHigher rates residential
60Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025LlanfairfechanResidential
50Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025LlanfairfechanMain rate residential
10Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025LlanfairfechanHigher rates residential
60Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025St AsaphResidential
50Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025St AsaphMain rate residential
20Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025St AsaphHigher rates residential
180Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025FlintResidential
150Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025FlintMain rate residential
30Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025FlintHigher rates residential
50Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025Menai BridgeResidential
50Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025Menai BridgeMain rate residential
10Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025Menai BridgeHigher rates residential
50Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025Llanfair PwllgwyngyllResidential
40Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025Llanfair PwllgwyngyllMain rate residential
10Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025Llanfair PwllgwyngyllHigher rates residential
200Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025BangorResidential
130Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025BangorMain rate residential
70Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025BangorHigher rates residential
180Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025Garden CityResidential
150Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025Garden CityMain rate residential
30Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025Garden CityHigher rates residential
310Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025Connah's QuayResidential
250Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025Connah's QuayMain rate residential
60Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025Connah's QuayHigher rates residential
100Number of transactionsYear ending 31 December 2025ShottonResidential
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New / revised data

30th October 2025
29th September 2025
26th September 2025
Dataset first published.

Main information

Designation
Accredited official statistics
Data provider
Welsh Revenue Authority
Data source
Land transaction tax returns

Overview

Summary of dataset and variables

From 1 April 2018, LTT replaced Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) on residential and non-residential property and land interests purchased in Wales. The tax rates and tax bands for LTT vary depending on the type of transaction.

Taxpayers must notify the WRA of all land transactions with a value above £40,000. There are also circumstances where certain lease transactions are not notifiable if they are less than 7 years in duration. When filing an LTT return, the organisation paying the return has 30 days after the effective date to submit and pay the return.

This dataset includes estimates of LTT notifiable transactions received by the WRA by the close of the third Monday of the publication month.

Non-residential statistics cannot be reliably produced as identification of the correct built-up area relies on the postcode to be provided for the property and land items as part of each transaction. As there is an inherent bias in the cases where missing or invalid postcodes are provided towards larger non-residential transactions, their results are not sufficiently complete or meaningful to be published.

The dataset includes a breakdown by:

  • transaction type: residential only but (including sub-categories for main rate and higher rate transactions)
  • built up area (BUA): All BUAs with a population of less than 2000 are grouped together due to the low numbers of transactions in these areas. If the BUA has sub-divisions (BUASDs), these are used instead when the population of the BUASD is greater than 2000. Where the postcode of the transaction is valid but there is no BUA associated with this postcode, these figures have been split into the sparsest and least sparse areas (using the National Statistics rural-urban classification). We have used the latest Built up-areas in this release, reflecting the updated geographies from the 2021 Census.
  • measure: number of transactions, tax due, value of property taxed, average tax due per transaction and average value of property taxed
  • effective year (years ending June, September, December and March)

There is a relatively small proportion of residential transactions where the postcode provided for the property and land items is missing or invalid. This means that a built up area cannot be allocated. For comparability, the built up area totals shown in this dataset therefore relate only to those transactions where the built up area is known, and for that reason will not match the Wales total shown in other datasets.

A full explanation of how this dataset should be interpreted, especially in the context of higher rates transactions, can be found here: Intent behind higher rates transactions for Land Transaction Tax, July 2024 to June 2025

For some transactions we are unable to provide any detail other than the total tax due figure in the year, as there is a risk of revealing details of the individual transactions. Therefore, these transactions are omitted from all breakdowns and instead summarised in the dataset "Land Transaction Tax statistics on total tax due, including transactions with restricted detail (to protect confidentiality)".

Data collection or calculation

These statistics are aggregated from the individual LTT returns submitted to the WRA by taxpayers, which are then broken down into different dimensions.

Statistical quality

See weblinks.

Land Transaction Tax statistics are regularly revised and the values for the latest period are provisional. When filing a LTT return, the organisation paying the return has 30 days after the ‘effective date’ to submit and pay the return. The effective date is when the tax becomes liable to be paid, usually when a transaction is completed on a property. Additional LTT transactions relating to the most recent month are therefore likely to be filed during the following month. See weblinks for analysis of these revisions.

Values for earlier periods are subject to revisions for several years. Transactions can be amended for a variety of reasons and the statistics are revised each month to reflect amendments to transactions. In particular, this will be due to higher rate refunds. When a refund for higher rates residential LTT is claimed, the original transaction is amended to a main rate residential LTT transaction. The taxpayer has up to three years to sell their previous main residence and claim a refund.

Care should be taken with any comparisons over time which involve data from spring 2020 to summer 2021. This is due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and changes to LTT rates. A national lockdown on 23 March 2020 resulted in the housing market being mainly closed from this date until 22 June 2020 when it partially re-opened. The market was re-opened more fully on 27 July, to coincide with a change in LTT rates effective until 30 June 2021. There is evidence some purchasers may have brought their transactions forward to June 2021 to benefit from the temporary tax reduction.

There were some changes to LTT rates effective from 22 December 2020. Non-residential transactions and higher rates residential transactions were affected.

The main residential rates and bands changed from 10 October 2022.

The higher residential rates changed for all bands from 11 December 2024.

Information on all these changes to LTT rates can be read at:

Changes to Land Transaction Tax nil rate threshold

Land Transaction Tax – extension of the temporary tax reduction period

Changes to the rates and bands of Land Transaction Tax

Changes to main residential rates and bands for Land Transaction Tax

Changes to higher residential rates for Land Transaction Tax

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data@wra.gov.wales

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