London’s prime property market shows ‘signs of a slow but steady return to health’ – but super-prime sales struggle
Demand for £2mn+ homes in London continued to climb in Q3, according to analysis of property portal data, while a lower proportion of open-market £10mn+ properties are finding buyers than last year.
Super-prime property market activity hits six-year high in London
“Property’s reputation as an inflation-hedge gives it extra appeal, while the prospect of rising borrowing costs is injecting a degree of urgency into the market across all price points,” says Rory…
‘London’s prime property market is getting back on form’ – Coutts
High-society bank tells affluent clients that PCL is back in action.
Price rises are an ‘unmistakable sign of recovery’ for prime London’s property market
“We are not on the verge of the sort of dramatic double-digit bounce-back in prices,” says Tom Bill, head of UK residential research at Knight Frank.
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