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UK house prices hit a four-year high as demand for outside space continues to climb
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Property transactions to plummet by 38% this year, predicts Knight Frank, but PCL prices are set to surge in 2021
Over half-a-million property sales will be "lost" due to the Coronavirus lockdown, predicts Knight Frank, but prices are likely to "recover sharply" once restrictions are lifted.
Offers accepted hit an all-time high in London during August
Another report on the post-lockdown Summer buying flurry, as Knight Frank reports "few signs of the high levels of demand we’re been experiencing since the market reopened abating."
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