Savills’ profits run ‘very significantly ahead’ of expectations as UK prime resi proves ‘exceptionally strong’
"The UK prime residential market continued to perform exceptionally strongly through the last quarter," says Savills, "and volumes in the Prime Central London market clearly began to improve." But markets are likely to moderate in the coming year.
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