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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Vicky Shaw

UNCOVERED: Average home seller last year gained 91 260 more than they paid - The Untold Story

London has replaced the north-east of England as the region where people selling a home are most likely to get less than they paid for it, analysis by a property firm suggests.

Hamptons, whose research included English regions and Wales, estimated that in 2025, 14.8% of London sellers sold their home for less than they had bought it for, marking the highest proportion in its study and above the average of 8.7%.

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