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Alicia Atkinson

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I'd like to see the higher 3% rate scrapped for 'second homes'. That higher rate is prohibiting people from moving house. Someone I know has a one bed flat which has very little equity in it, in fact it lost value during the recession. The lease of the flat needs to be extended before she can sell or remortgage. She is renting a house as the flat is too small for her family and has been saving for a deposit to buy a house because the rent she is paying now is higher than a monthly mortgage payment would be for the same sized house. However, if she were to move now, she would have to pay the higher 3% stamp duty as she will not be able to sell the flat until the lease is sorted out. There just isn't enough money to buy a house, extend the lease and pay the higher rate stamp duty. If she puts her savings towards extending the lease and sells the flat, she will not get the deposit she needs from the sale to buy a house. It leaves me to wonder whether this 3% higher rate was thought through at all.

From: Alicia Atkinson 14 July 2020 12:43 PM

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