Main image: Whilst the property market has led by example throughout the pandemic and afterwards, it will not be immune from interest rate rises and inflation’
Carrington on Q3: Punishing rates of SDLT continue to undermine the London market
'Much of what happened in the immediate aftermath of the referendum now appears to have been a knee-jerk reaction'
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