Budget 2024: Property Highlights

• The grant for UCA properties in Gozo is set to increase from €30,000 to €40,000. The grant for UCA properties in Malta remains at €15,000. This only applies to first-time buyers.

• The reduction of stamp duty for buying property in Gozo (non-UCA) to 2% will no longer be applicable for the Promise of Sales signed as of 1 January 2024.  Stamp duty for such properties will be the same as in Malta, meaning 5%.

• The government together with the MFSA is keen to develop some new financial niches like wealth and asset management, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and aircraft leasing.

• Schemes for first and second-time property buyers paying lower stamp duty rates to remain in place.
• The first-time buyer scheme announced last year giving buyers €1,000 each year for ten years is to be extended.
• Capital gains and stamp duty exemptions to remain in place for properties that:
  • were constructed more than 20 years ago and have been vacant for more than 7 years; or
  • are situated in an Urban Conservation Area; or
  • are constructed and finished by guidelines on quality and aesthetics as stipulated by a new Board that will be established in the first quarter of next year.
• Couples and single property buyers will now enjoy the same amount of VAT refund when buying or fixing up their first property

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