一项最新报告指出，由于房产税上升，英国价值超过150万英镑房屋销售开始停滞不前，预计将会出现两年来首次下降。

研究表明：印花税提高令英国高端房市“很受伤”

这项数据来自英国房地产经纪公司杰克森-斯拓普&斯坦福（Jackson-Stops & Staff）的最新市场分析。而在2012年至2014年，房地产价格年均增长36%。

“英国大范围的住宅市场相当活跃，由于大选已经结束，逐渐消除潜在的政治变化带来的不确定性，” 杰克森-斯拓普&斯坦福公司主席尼古拉斯•利明 （Nicholas Leeming）说。

“不过，2014年修订印花税税率导致高端房产销售在2015年普遍停滞，包括伦敦和英国其他地区，许多房产很难吸引到买家，”他解释道。

 “由于交易成本提高，英国全国房产销售数量趋于停滞，反映出英国房地产行业征税额之高，位居世界前列，”他指出。

 根据新印花税法案，价值在 925,001英镑和150万英镑之间的房产，印花税的税率调整为 10%；价值超过 150万英镑的房产，税率调整为 12%。

“我们的业主人口趋于老龄化，极少有年轻人在买房。对四十多岁的人而言，很难筹集到抵押贷款资金，即使在不考虑他们的信用情况的前提下，他们之前有过房产，”利明说。

“我们需要鼓励交易，让大房子满足需要更多空间的家庭需求。遗产税的变化将激励老房所有者将房子卖出去，但是我们也需要让业主在没有新的抵押贷款资金限制之忧的情况下搬入新居，以及在财政部没有净亏损情况下，降低印花税最高限，释放高价房地产市场，”他补充道。

杰克森-斯拓普&斯坦福公司董事阿拉斯泰尔•汉考克（Alastair Hancock）在塞文欧克斯（Sevenoaks）办公室指出，超过三分之一的待售房产价格超过150万英镑，原因就是缺乏对中高端房产买家的激励措施。

“自2014年12月印花税上调，我们看到这个级别的房产销量大幅下降，因为12%的印花税有碍于英国房地产市场的发展，后者目前仍在努力从经济衰退中恢复过来。”他说。

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（点击下一页，查看英文原文）Stamp duty hike hits prime property market in UK, research suggests

Sales of homes worth over £1.5 million in the UK have reached a plateau and are set to fall for the first time in two years due to property tax change, according to a new report.

This is despite growth in this price sector of 36% year on year from 2012 to 2014, says the latest market analysis report from national estate agents Jackson-Stops & Staff.
 
‘The wider UK residential property markets are reasonably buoyant now that we have the general election behind us and the uncertainties that any potential political changes bring,’ said Nicholas Leeming, chairman of Jackson-Stops & Staff.

‘However, the revision to stamp duty rates late last year has contributed to the widespread stagnation of the higher valued markets in 2015, both in London and the country, where many properties are finding it difficult to attract buyers,’ he explained.

‘Sale volumes have plateaued across the country in response to high transaction costs, reflecting the fact that the UK has one of the highest taxed property sectors in the world,’ he pointed out.
 
Under new stamp duty legislation the value portion between £925,001 and £1.5 million has resulted in an additional 10% bill, and anything above £1.5 million added another 12% charge.
 
‘We have an ageing house owner population with too few younger entrants onto the property ladder. Mortgage funding is difficult to raise for people in their forties, even if they have been previous house owners, irrespective of their credit history,’ Leeming said.

‘We need to encourage trading down so that larger houses are released to families needing more space. The changes to inheritance tax will incentivise older house owners to trade down, but we also need to enable property owners to move without new restrictions to mortgage funding and reduce the top levels of stamp duty to free up the higher value markets at no net loss to the Exchequer,’ he added.
 
Alastair Hancock, the firm’s director at its Sevenoaks office, revealed that over a third of available stock is priced in excess of £1.5million and this is due to a lack of incentives for buyers at the mid to high end of the market.

‘Since the stamp duty hike last December, we have seen a significant decline in volume of sales at this level as the 12% continues to penalise the country house market, which is still struggling to recover from the recession,’ he said.