One in three high-value homebuyers now buys beyond London
"The days of London being the default location of choice for high-value house purchases are increasingly behind us," says Search Acumen boss Andy Sommerville, "as big spending homebuyers look to invest their time and money in locations beyond the capital."
‘We are seeing the emergence of a giga-prime market’: The rise of London’s £100m+ homes
Renovation and conversion projects are swelling London's small but significant £100m+ property market, creating private palaces just for billionaires.
Londoners on the move: How ‘rebalancing priorities’ are influencing the decisions of four key London buyer types
Savills' research team has profiled four key London buyer types and how their changing wants and needs are impacting the prime residential markets.
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Buying agency reports ‘deals being agreed at levels that would have been simply dismissed six months ago’
Garrington says it is seeing 'sellers recalibrate as the realities of a more competitive landscape set in.'