Petition Make Stamp Duty Fairer for all

I believe stamp duty when buying a property should be much fairer. Most family homes in the South East are well over the £250,000 threshold and therefore families are paying 3% on the whole property value. I believe the govenment should look at the following options;

1) Changing the thesholds by region. The average house price in the North of England is £142,800 compared to the south of england which is £273,334. Therefore a family buying a average sized house is going to cost the average family in the south over £8,200 in stamp duty.

2) If the govenment insists in keeping the current thesholds, then 1% should be charged upto £250,000 and then 3% should only be charged for any value over the £250,000 and NOT for the whole amount. This should also apply to propertys in other stamp duty bands.