Seven predictions for a post-coronavirus property market
Specialist property law firm Collyer Bristow is confident the market will emerge from its darkest hour, citing the results of a survey earlier this year that placed home ownership as the number one goal for 81% of 18 to 44-year olds. What the market will look like is a different matter, however. Here's the predictions of head of private client property Janet Armstrong-Fox...

Janet is Head of the Private Client Property team at Collyer Bristow. She has thirty years’ experience of all aspects of high value residential, commercial and mixed use real estate work, acting for a wide range of UK and international clients, including family offices, trusts, private individuals, Plc companies, developers, institutions and retailers.
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