Plus to some extent it's free £s for the Govt as a £15k less on your SDLT income from a house sale is still more than no SDLT income at all.
I'm not sure how many people are going to decide when they were never going to move due to this though. It's more likely to just accelerate transactions than prompt new ones.
It probably makes a quicker move less painful though - if you bought 2 years ago and had planned to be there for another 2yrs this might make you move on
I'm not sure how many people are going to decide when they were never going to move due to this though. It's more likely to just accelerate transactions than prompt new ones.