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Mortgage lending hits five-year high on the back of “overwhelmingly positive” economic news
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Hedge funds begin to cash-in on a falling London property market
"Several hedge funds have taken out short positions, essentially bets that a company’s share price will fall, against estate agents Foxtons and Savills, along with property portal Zoopla, and housebuilder…
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Country house buyers in strongest position for seven years
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Landmark Shard residences still unlet amid ‘severe’ ultra-prime market contraction
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