Postcard from Cornwall: The impasse has passed!
The days of Cornish property selling unseen, over the asking price, overnight, are a long and distant memory, says Josephine Ashby of John Bray Estates.
Josephine Ashby is Managing Partner at John Bray & Partners Estate Agents LLP
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