New limit on capital gains tax should contribute to increased mobility in the housing market - Villa owners skeptical

Next year, the limit on how much capital gains tax may be deferred when housing is sold is reintroduced. But the limit is at a much higher level than before: three million instead of 1.45 million. This is what the Liberals believe will increase mobility in the housing market.

- We see how many people stay in the old villa despite the fact that they really want to move to something smaller. We have to get away from that, says Mats Persson, economic-political spokesman for the Liberals, and continues:

- We also see that many families with children find it difficult to find a villa to buy and that is because mobility is too low.

But the interest organization Villa owners do not think this will have the desired effect. This is when the interest rate, about SEK 5,000 per million and year, on the deferral itself remains.

- I think you have to live up to the January agreement. Sure, you have a ceiling of three million, but if you cut interest rates, then it will have a positive effect on the total, says Håkan Larsson, chief economist at Villaägarna.