Cash buyers pay an average of 9% less for a home than mortgagers
The average price paid by cash buyers for a home in the UK is 9% less than that paid by mortgaged buyers... But it's a different story in London.
London’s property market ‘has bottomed out’, but an ‘exodus of cash buyers’ has quelled price inflation in southern cities
A pick-up in activity and a return to positive annual price growth in London "isn’t a precursor to price rises,” says Zoopla, “but we do expect sales volumes to start rising once again”
‘Covid-19 has increased the desire to move home, with more space the key driver’ for prime buyers
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