The top end of the UK housing market continues to defy wider market slowdown with the country’s most expensive homes changing hands for tens of millions of pounds this year, according to new analysis from high-net-worth mortgage brokerage Enness Global.
Land Registry data shows that a detached property at 12 Holland Park, Kensington and Chelsea, was the most expensive sale recorded so far in 2025 at £41 million.
A purchase at this level would incur a stamp duty bill of £4.83 million and, assuming a 15% deposit, monthly mortgage repayments approaching £189,000.
Despite a cooler wider market, Enness Global found that every region of England continues to see multi-million-pound transactions.
LANDMARK ADDRESSES
Many of these homes are heritage estates or landmark addresses, reflecting enduring appetite for prime property among wealthy domestic and international buyers.
In the South East, the most expensive sale was a £9.6 million detached home on Church Lane Farm in Hampshire, generating a £1.07 million stamp duty bill.
In the South West, a Gloucestershire property known as The Old Rectory sold for £9.2 million.
Elsewhere, a £7.45 million sale on Loom Lane in Hertfordshire topped the East of England’s list, while the priciest property in the East Midlands – The Old Vicarage in Derbyshire – sold for £3.78 million.
In the North West, a detached home on Stanhope Road, Greater Manchester, fetched £3.3 million, matched by a sale on Lovelace Hill in Solihull, the West Midlands.
The most expensive home in Yorkshire and the Humber, a property on Layton Road in Leeds, sold for £3.25 million, while the North East’s highest-value transaction was a £1.78 million property on Rowantree Grange in Northumberland.
GLOBAL APPEAL
Islay Robinson, Chief Executive of Enness Global, says: “Prime London has long been the pinnacle of property wealth and the most recent sales records underline its enduring dominance, even in a more complex market environment.
“What’s equally notable, however, is that every region continues to produce high-value transactions.
“These homes, often heritage estates or landmark addresses, show the breadth of demand at the very top of the market, whether it is in central London or rural Hampshire.
“While the numbers involved may seem eye-watering, they reflect both the scarcity and the global appeal of trophy properties across England and Wales and the sums that high-net-worths are willing to pay to secure one.”
