爲換大房子 倫敦人掀起賣房風

A record proportion of London homeowners are selling up to buy cheaper property in the north and Midlands, using profits made in the capital to splurge on bigger homes.

創紀錄比例的倫敦房主正在變賣房屋，以購買北部和中部地區更便宜的房產，利用在首都住房所獲利潤買入更大的房屋。

Research by agents Hamptons International found the proportion of Londoners leaving the capital for northern England or the Midlands had tripled since 2010.

房產經紀機構漢普頓斯國際進行的研究發現，自2010年以來，離開首都、前往英格蘭北部或中部的倫敦人的比例已翻了3倍。

The average Londoner quitting the capital pays 424,610 pounds for their new property, enough to buy a large detached house in a good suburb of Birmingham but which only pays for a two-bed flat above a shop in east London.

離開倫敦的人平均花費42.46萬英鎊新置房產，這筆錢足夠在伯明翰環境不錯的郊區買一套獨棟住宅。但是同樣是這筆錢在倫敦東部只能買一套兩居室公寓。

Aneisha Beveridge, research analyst at Hamptons, said: "With affordability stretched, More Londoners are moving out of the capital to find their new home."

漢普頓斯研究分析師阿尼莎·貝弗裏奇稱：“隨着房產負擔能力的減弱，更多倫敦人搬出首都，去尋找他們的新家。”

Many London leavers were looking for a bigger home or better local schools. Beveridge added that hefty stamp duty charges were also pushing second-movers out of the capital.

許多離開倫敦的人是爲了尋找更大的住所或當地更好的學校。貝弗裏奇還表示，高額的印花稅費正促使後進離開者搬離倫敦。

"More people are making a bigger move and buying a larger home sooner to avoid having to pay stamp duty on additional moves as they trade up. For many, this means heading further north."

“越來越多的人開始採取更大的行動，提前購買更大的房子，以避免在交易過程中額外支付印花稅。對很多人來說，這意味着往北搬家。”

Hamptons said 30,280 Londoners sold their homes in the first half of 2018 to move out of the capital, a rise of 16% over the same period last year.

漢普頓斯稱，2018年上半年有30280名倫敦人賣掉他們的住房，搬出倫敦，同比增加16%。