Prime London mansions see prices slashed as luxury market cools
Multimillion-pound homes in areas such as South Kensington and Notting Hill are being discounted as demand weakens.
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Luxury homes in some of London's most prestigious neighbourhoods are struggling to find buyers, with several multimillion-pound properties seeing their asking prices cut significantly, according to estate agents and recent listings.
For decades, London house prices, particularly in prime central areas, outpaced the national average. But agents say that trend has reversed in some of the capital's most expensive postcodes, with prices in prime areas now falling even as the wider market holds steadier.
One example cited is a flat at Queen's Gate Gardens in South Kensington, near the Natural History Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, which has seen its listing price drop by nearly £1m since last year, to £4.4m.
Other properties have seen even steeper cuts. A house in the same area originally listed at £20m was reduced to £14m this year, a local estate agent said, while in Notting Hill, a property that first came to market two years ago at £16m is now being offered for less than £14m.
Estate agents point to a range of possible factors behind the slowdown in the prime market, though the precise causes of the broader shift away from London's most expensive addresses were not detailed in the available reporting.
Sources
- ‘People are deserting it’: why are London mansions struggling to sell? — The Guardian — Politics
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