LONDON (Reuters) - A change to the way Britain taxes house purchases, introduced last week, will give a small boost to most of the country's housing market, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney was quoted as saying on Friday.
"On the margin, a personal view, I would expect (the changes) to provide some support to the housing market," Carney told London's Evening Standard newspaper in an interview.
However, the changes would probably slow sales at the top end of the market, he added.
Last week, finance minister George Osborne overhauled Britain's so-called stamp duty on property purchases, resulting in cuts in the amount of tax that the large majority of home-buyers pay, but higher payments on expensive properties.
(Reporting by William Schomberg, editing by David Milliken)