Real Estate
Deals for London’s Luxury Homes Slump as Buyers Weigh UK Taxes
- Deals of £5 million or more plunged 19% in July, LonRes says
- High interest rates, tougher taxes are deterring homebuyers
A row of luxury properties in Holland Park in the Kensington and Chelsea district of London.
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The number of deals for London’s priciest homes continues to fall, defying a wider bounce-back in the city’s housing market.
Transactions priced at £5 million ($6.4 million) or higher dropped 19% last month from a year earlier, according to data from researcher LonRes. This year through July, sales of such homes declined 10% from the same period in 2023.