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Mr Griffin, who sold his business to the Carlyle Group for about £300 million in 2013, paid £20.7 million for the property on Hanover Terrace in 2013, filings show.
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filings → sell → 2013
It comes a month after he lost a drawn-out battle with UK tax authorities.
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he → come → authorities
The mansion is part of a Regency-era terrace designed by architect John Nash, and has been on sale before in recent years.
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mansion → design → years
In 2021, the property was listed with an asking price of a staggering £32 million. with the listing describing the home as among the grandest and most prestigious in London.
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listing → list → London
It was withdrawn from the market following a number of price cuts, before being re-listed this year at £13.5 million.
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It → withdraw → million
Mr Griffin has been in a long-running dispute with HMRC over his tax residency, with the entrepreneur arguing he should qualify for non-domiciled status between 2013 and 2020 that would have exempted income earned abroad.
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that → run → income
A person familiar with the process said that the sale of the mansion was provisionally agreed ahead of the tribunal ruling in September, which went against Mr Griffin.
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which → say → Griffin
The sale then closed less than a month after that verdict, and it is not clear whether the decision to accept the cut-price offer was linked to the ruling.
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decision → close → ruling
Earlier this year, The Holme in Regent’s Park sold for a profit of about £56 million, less than two years after it was brought out of receivership for £139 million.
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it → sell → million
JLL’s residential research data showed that 457 homes worth more than £5 million were sold in central London between July and September, 11% fewer than in the previous quarter.
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homes → show → quarter
Nick Gregori, head of research at LonRes, said: “Adding a new prime minister and continuing global uncertainty to the mix has resulted in a subdued prime London market, with the super-prime segment particularly affected.
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segment → say → market
The key indicator is simply the number of transactions relative to new instructions, under offers and existing stock – it remains stubbornly low.
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it → exist → offers
Uncertainty and a lack of urgency, driven in part by low expectations of future price growth, continue to hinder any potential recovery.
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Uncertainty → drive → recovery
“At the top end of the market fewer people need to buy or sell so the issues are amplified.
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issues → need → market
Last year we saw a prolonged slowdown as pre-budget tax speculation started in the summer and carried on all the way to the end of the year.”
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speculation → see → year
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