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New research has found that the borough of Wandsworth sits top as London’s prime property hotspot over the last year, accounting for the highest level of £1m property market transactions.

Sold price data was analysed across the London market in 2021 looking at the number of transactions to have taken place for £1m or more, breaking the market down by borough to see which areas were driving this high end market activity.

Overall

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The data shows that 6,312 property transactions have taken place over the last year for £1m or more across the London market.

The London borough of Wandsworth accounts for the highest percentage of these high end transactions at 11%, with Kensington and Chelsea (9%) and Richmond (8%) also home to a high proportion.

The core market (£1m to £3m)

This prime property dominance by the borough of Wandsworth has been largely focussed across the core market, with the borough again accounting for 11% of all transactions completing between £1m and £3m in 2021.

However, this time it’s Richmond that ranks second accounting for 9% of all transactions at this price threshold, followed by Kensington and Chelsea (7%).

The mid-prime market (£3m to £5m)

However, the higher price tiers of the prime London property market are still very much driven by demand across traditionally desirable areas.

Of the 438 purchases between £3m and £5m, Kensington and Chelsea account for 23%, with Westminster also accounting for a sizable proportion at 21%.

The prime market (£5m+)

This is also the case across the capital’s very top tier, with 43% of the 212 homes purchased above £5m located in Kensington and Chelsea, while Westminster accounts for 24% of these transactions.

Head of Sales, Craig Tonkin at Bective, the central London estate agency that conducted the research, commented:

“We’ve seen a healthy level of activity across the prime market over the last year, all things considered, and this looks set to continue in 2022 with foreign demand expected to drive an uplift in transactions and sold prices.

Of course, the pandemic influence of the last 18 months is clear with many buyers across the core market looking to the likes of Wandsworth due to the greater abundance of larger family homes.

Wandsworth itself is home to a wide range of housing stock and the regeneration of Nine Elms, in particular, is helping to boost buyer demand due to improved transport infrastructure, the availability of new housing and investment into retail and office space drawing big names such as Apple to the area.

However, at the very top price thresholds of the market, the prime central heartlands of Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster remain the most active areas of the market.

Even a global pandemic is unlikely to dampen high end buyer appetites for the most desirable homes in the nation, if not the world.”

Table shows the top three boroughs for the largest proportion of market transactions at £1m+
Location All £1m+ transactions % of total transactions
Wandsworth 664 11%
Kensington and Chelsea 583 9%
Richmond upon Thames 536 8%
Total Transactions 6312 N/A
Table shows the top three boroughs for the largest proportion of market transactions between £1m – £3m
Location £1m-3m transactions % of total transactions
Wandsworth 633 11%
Richmond upon Thames 503 9%
Kensington and Chelsea 390 7%
Total Transactions 5662 N/A
Table shows the top three boroughs for the largest proportion of market transactions between £3m+ – £5m
Location £3m-5m transactions % of total transactions
Kensington and Chelsea 102 23%
Westminster 91 21%
Camden 51 12%
Total Transactions 438 N/A
Table shows the top three boroughs for the largest proportion of market transactions at £5m+
Location £5m plus transactions % of total transactions
Kensington and Chelsea 91 43%
Westminster 51 24%
Camden 29 14%
Total Transactions 212 N/A

£1m+ transaction levels sourced from the Gov.uk – Price Paid data records of residential property transactions. Jan 2021 to October 2021 (latest available), excluding properties listed by type as ‘other’.

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