Cambridge named top UK city for resi investors
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Global resi investment outstripped offices for the first time last year
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More overseas investors happy to buy ‘sight unseen’, says PCL agency
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US billionaires splashed over £600mn in London’s top postcodes last year, with more to come in 2023
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