According to someone from a leading international firm of estate agents I was sat next to at dinner the other night, around 60pc of all new build apartments in London these days are sold to foreigners for investment purposes – mainly, south east Asians.
It is surely a good thing in some respects that London is considered to be such an attractive investment option for rich overseas nationals – actually maybe not so rich any longer; demand for a London pad has spread from the rarified ranks of the world’s super rich to those of only modest wealth………………………………………..Full Article: Source