Cash is king in London’s prime property market

More than a third of prime London property acquisitions made by buy-to-let investors in the first quarter of the year were made with no debt, highlighting the importance of cash in powering the market for prime property. Three-fifths of buyers in the prime market,...

London’s property woes are getting worse

AT FIRST glance London looks unstoppable. It is the most important city in Europe, perhaps the world. In the past decade its economy has grown twice as fast as Britain’s and its population 50% faster. Scratch the surface, however, and its situation looks less good....