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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Ella Jessel

Buying off-plan: six-year high in sales of unbuilt homes in London hotspots Hackney and Southwark

A limited supply of homes on the market fuelled a six-year high in off-plan sales last year, new research has shown.

The share of new-build homes in England and Wales sold before being built or completed surged to over a third – or 37 percent — in 2021, according to analysis by estate agent Hamptons.

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