Monopoly board properties push IHT limit - Pru

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There are now only four streets left on the original London Monopoly board whose houses and hotels do not cross the £263,000 inheritance tax threshold, says Prudential.

A quick study of property prices in London reveals residents of just four streets of the 26-street board within the central London zone. Admittedly, some of the regions mentioned on the Hasbro Monopoly game do not contain readily accessible residential property, such as Trafalgar Square. However, Angel, Kings Cross, Whitechapel and Old Kent Road have all been singled out for containing property still below the IHT limit, compared with the average property price in Mayfair which now stands at around £935,912 or almost £1.8m for a residential property in Park Lane. Buying property in...

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