London has seen a 15% jump in cash-toting buy-to-let landlords
The proportion of landlords buying with cash in London rose from 33% in 2017 to 48% in 2018, reports Hamptons. The annual pace of rental price inflation across Great Britain, meanwhile, nearly doubled between January and February this year.
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