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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Martin Robinson

London homeowner profits halved since 2016 as house prices fall

Bombarded with headlines about rising house prices and falling affordability of homes in the capital, London homeowners often expect to make astronomical profits when selling up.

But the latest figures from Hamptons show that the era of jaw-dropping house price growth may be in the past, with the amount London sellers made on their home sale in 2024 less than half the percentage profit of 2016’s movers.

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