Cash buyers have been out in force this year
Jackson-Stops reports a 12% year-on-year increase in the number of all-cash purchases across England, with volumes also outstripping pre-pandemic levels
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…
Super-prime buyers ‘out in force’, reports agency
Eccord has seen a 90% increase in the number of clients looking in the £15m to £30m range this year
It is clear that houses are the preferred option for buyers across Prime London – LonRes
While house prices have risen by 6.1% over the last two years, the price of flats has fallen by -0.9%
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