Main image: Since 2000, average prices for two-bedroom flats in Greater London have climbed 70%, and three-beds by 135%; in Notting Hill, the rise has been even sharper – 140% and over 165% respectively for best-in-class homes
Buyers spent a record-breaking £11.6bn on prime London property last year
Buyers ‘bought bigger and spent more’ in 2021, reports LonRes - and sales volumes are set to surge again over the coming weeks…
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