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LA mansion sells to ‘homeless billionaire’, setting an auction price record
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Savills expands super-prime lettings operation; recruits new North London chief
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Expanding super-prime brokerage recruits APAC market specialist
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Waldorf Astoria-branded scheme in Abu Dhabi sells out on launch day
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Out of office: £3.5bn of office space sold for ‘repurposing’
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