NSW stamp duty dives as transactions and prices tumble

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By Leith van Onselen

The NSW Office of State Revenue has updated its stamp duty data for August 2018, which reveals that residential stamp duty receipts are plummeting following a monumental five-year boom:

As shown above, annual NSW residential stamp duty receipts ($6,616 billion) in August retraced further from October’s all-time high of $7.516 billion; although receipts were still up an incredible 89% over five years!

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.