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It would be nuts to announce it but put it back by 3-4 months. You'd guarantee killing the market as everyone sat on hold waiting.
Unless (dons tinfoil hat) they're planning on a no deal Brexit and want to coincide a property sales bounce with leaving so that they can pitch it as a Brexit related housing win?
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What's been briefed to the press is zero % tax on below £500k which makes up 88% of all moves apparently. I think it's just pretty bizarre to announce the idea with the intention of stimulating the housing market but that it might not happen for 4m, causing everyone to sit on their hands and wait to buy