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British domestic buyers are making the most of some unprecedented conditions in London’s prime property market, according to Black Brick.

To turn off Piccadilly and into White Horse Street in London’s Mayfair is to enter a different world.

Two houses were recently put on the market for £15m, one in Cornwall, the other in West Sussex. They were luxurious and sprawling, but they definitely weren’t worth that much.

When two Chinese investors bought a majority stake in a development dubbed “Mayfair’s most exclusive address” in 2015, London’s housing market was booming. Almost 10 years and an insolvency later, half the apartments have yet to be sold.

We asked leading industry professionals to share the price and demand trends they have observed in the prime property market locations that are most popular with Investec clients.

Marie Calligaris always thought her first property would be a flat, then she would gradually climb the property ladder.

Americans are flocking to the ‘Hamptons of England’, where the cost of buying a charming countryside property is 40 percent cheaper than purchasing stateside. 

The £400m blossoming of Bloomsbury Hovering on the edge of prime central London, the bohemian enclave’s quiet charm and proximity to Soho and Covent Garden, is being reinvigorated by local campaigns and new investment.

The spring housing market is traditionally a hive of activity, with homes flanked by gardens of tulips and daffodils flying off estate agents’ shelves like hot cakes.

Global financial markets have been on a wild ride in recent weeks, reacting to rapid changes to international trade dynamics as President Trump toys with the America’s tariff regime.

Just as everything seemed to be settling down after the rush to beat last week’s stamp duty tax hike, tariff turmoil has hit.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is due to present the annual Spring Forecast and economic statement later this week (on 26th March).