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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…
Prime London simmers down after record-breaking deal surge
Transaction volumes were 39% below the five-year average last month, reports LonRes, but ‘key metrics suggest the prime London markets are holding up well’.
More spent on super-prime homes in London this year than last, despite the pandemic
Knight Frank reports that £1.13bn was spent on £10m+ homes in London in the first eight months of this year - 16% more than the £977.5m recorded in 2019.
Super-prime property sales hit record highs in London
“London’s super-prime markets stellar end to the year is evidence of the influence that the pandemic-fuelled desire for more space has on residential markets," says Savills.
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