Now, surely? My opinion is that when interest rates finally begin to revert to 'normal' levels, you will see a cooling off of price rises.
this assumes all the buyers are borrowing on £ normal terms,
given level of foreigners buying don't think this is the case, in Camden seems £ per sq m dependent on whether property appeals to foreign investor or not, anything off-plan is marketed and sold abroad as often sounds nice and any negatives on immediate vicinity are overlooked.
London market is driven by wealthy international population with a trickle down effect pushing up prices for rest of us needing somewhere to live, even 20 years ago 40% of purchases in posh areas (SW3, SW7 etc) were foreigners and that was before the Russians, Chinese, and the flight to safety out of the euro zone,
this assumes all the buyers are borrowing on £ normal terms,
given level of foreigners buying don't think this is the case, in Camden seems £ per sq m dependent on whether property appeals to foreign investor or not, anything off-plan is marketed and sold abroad as often sounds nice and any negatives on immediate vicinity are overlooked.
London market is driven by wealthy international population with a trickle down effect pushing up prices for rest of us needing somewhere to live, even 20 years ago 40% of purchases in posh areas (SW3, SW7 etc) were foreigners and that was before the Russians, Chinese, and the flight to safety out of the euro zone,