PCL Notes: On the two-tier market, localisation & the Autumn gamble
We may be in the middle of the worst economic crisis in living memory, but certain properties are still being fought over in Prime Central London, reports buying agent Karim Bazzi
Having worked in the Prime Central London property industry for several years, Karim founded Homes One in 2005. His aim was to set up a client focused, personalised and trustworthy search agency to help people in all aspects of their property purchase.
Hannah Aykroyd on PCL’s new two-tier market, and why buyers need to wake up
'Things have recently changed' in Prime Central London, says a top buying agent. 'It's important for buyers to forget what they've read over the past two years about markets going down, down, down'
The PCL sales market bear run looks to be nearing an end – JLL
Things are 'gradually turning a corner', says the agency, after recording an upturn in transaction levels and instructions, and price declines slowing across London's most expensive postcodes...
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