'My advice to anyone thinking of exiting the London market is to do so ASAP', says Cluttons resi boss
"We could see prices drop as much as 10%" next year, warns James Hyman, head of residential at estate agency Cluttons, as he shares his predictions for London's property market in 2022.
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