Proportion of cash buyers drops to a record low as investors back off – Hamptons

Investors were responsible for just under a quarter of mortgage-free transactions in the first half of this year, down from nearly a third in 2009.

"Activity in the residential investment sector is once again picking up", says buying agency Garrington, although the firm reports "a different profile" of buyer in the sector.

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