Dealwatch: What’s been selling in 2021 so far?
After the heavy turbulence of 2020, the industry returned from the festive break hopeful for a smoother ride in 2021; high-profile agencies were predicting big things for sales volumes and portals reported their busiest ever start to a year, but have buyers been getting on board? Here's some notable sales successes from the first few weeks of the year to give an indication of what's been shifting at the upper end...
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