Secret film shows how buyers of luxury London homes can avoid millions in tax

Oakmayne Properties filmed explaining to undercover 'agent' how house sale would escape stamp duty via offshore companies Deals to sell ultra-luxury houses on a street dubbed "the world's most expensive terrace" have been structured by their developer in a way that would allow buyers to avoid millions of pounds in stamp duty, the Guardian has learned. The insight into the operation of the highest end of the property market comes against a backdrop of sustained action from the Treasury, and atten...