Is now the right time to buy in London?
There's been "no crash, no fire sales and no mass exodus from London", despite three years of catastrophising by "so-called 'experts'", writes Islay Robinson, CEO of global mortgage firm Enness. Here he talks us through the economic and financial factors that may sway a discretionary property buying decision in the capital...
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