London Overtakes North East as Riskiest Place to Sell a Home at a Loss

London overtakes North East as riskiest place to sell a home at a loss

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

Average home seller last year ‘gained £91,260 more than they paid’

Rising gains in the North have helped offset shrinking returns in the South, property firm Hamptons said.

Where in the UK the average home seller gained the most last year

The proportion of loss-making sales in the North East fell to 13.9% in 2025

Dire state of apartment re-sales in London revealed in Hamptons report

‘London sellers were more likely than anyone else to sell their home for less than they bought it for’ – David Fell, Hamptons The disastrous state of London resales has been confirmed in a report by Hamptons drawing on Land Registry data showing 14.8% of sellers sold up in 2025 for less than they originally bought – worse even than the North East: the property black spot of the last decade. The London figures are also far worse than in Mancheste…

London replaces North East as region where sellers are most likely to sell at a loss

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Property sellers in London now struggle most with value falls

New figures from Hamptons show that the capital has taken over from the North East as the area where vendors are most likely to achieve less then they paid.