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The New Scarcity: Liam Bailey on the evolution of luxury & what today's HNW property buyers really value
The ingredients that once signalled luxury are becoming the easiest to copy, says Knight Frank; what increasingly commands a premium are the things that can’t be replicated... Research chief Liam Bailey examines what this means for the next generation of luxury residential development.
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