Charlie Ellingworth on the London & country markets: Not very exciting - but is that such a bad thing?
As January - and the traditional market forecast season - comes to an end, Property Vision's co-founder surveys the landscape, and looks at what the rest of 2024 might hold.
Charlie Ellingworth started acquisition firm Property Vision over thirty years ago. He is on the board of the Cadogan Estate and a trustee there, as well as a director of other smaller property companies. He writes novels, plays and regular articles for the FT and other magazines.
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