Property value includes stamp duty?
Looked at a property today and the agent said the owners had bought it about 6 months ago for $1.7m plus stamp duty of $75k, so "$1.8m all up is what they spent and what they'd be looking for as a starting point". Just me, or a bit weird to include stamp duty, it's not actually part of the property value as such?
(They had also ripped the kitchen out and were selling it without a kitchen, so a bit odd all up!!)