Superprime London homebuyers have vanished – here’s where high-end demand remains
The latest research by London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, has found that demand for homes listed at £10m and above across London’s prime suburbs has tumbled to just 2%; with a number of areas seeing no demand for housing at all.
Benham and Reeves looked at prime London’s property hotspots and the demand for homes listed at £2-5m, £5-10m and £10m, to see how the current pandemic is impacting homeowner appetite for London’s priciest properties.
See the full data tables for each price threshold here.
The £2-5m market
At the lower end of the capital’s prime property market, demand remains fairly robust at 15% on average.
Richmond is the most in-demand of all prime London locations at this price bracket, with 40% of all homes listed still under offer or SSTC despite the spread of the Coronavirus.
Barnes (38%), Clapham (32%), Wimbledon (29%) and Chiswick (28%) are also amongst the most popular.
The £5-10m market
Moving up a price bracket, demand drops to 10%, however, there remain a number of areas where homebuyer activity remains robust.
Again, Barnes (56%), Wimbledon (33%) and Richmond (25%) remain popular, joined by Pimilcio (19%).
However, at this price bracket demand for housing is currently non-existent in Fitzrovia, Marylebone, Maida Vale, Regents Park, Canary Wharf, Battersea, Wandsworth and Chiswick.
The £10m+ market
It is the super-prime threshold that has seen homebuyer demand take the biggest hit.
With demand as a whole at just 2%, there are a total of 13 areas where demand sits at 0%, with a further seven areas where no homes are listed above this threshold.
Highgate is the most in-demand at 8%, along with Notting Hill (6%), Knightsbridge (5%), Mayfair (4%) and Chelsea (2%).
See the full data tables for each price threshold here.
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Prime London property demand for properties listed between £2m-£5m
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Area
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Prime category
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Demand
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Belgravia
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Prime C London
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12%
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Chelsea
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Prime C London
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13%
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Fitzrovia
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Prime C London
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3%
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Holland Park
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Prime C London
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16%
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Kensington
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Prime C London
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16%
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Knightsbridge
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Prime C London
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15%
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Marylebone
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Prime C London
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4%
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Mayfair
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Prime C London
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6%
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Maida Vale
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Prime C London
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6%
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Notting Hill
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Prime C London
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18%
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Pimlico
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Prime C London
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5%
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Regents Park
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Prime C London
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5%
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St John’s Wood
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Prime C London
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6%
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Victoria
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Prime C London
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12%
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Hampstead Garden Suburb
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Prime NW London
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12%
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Highgate
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Prime NW London
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17%
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Islington
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Prime N London
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24%
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Wapping
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Prime E London
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0%
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Canary Wharf
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Prime E London
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3%
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Battersea
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Prime SW London
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19%
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Clapham
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Prime SW London
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32%
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Wandsworth
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Prime SW London
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19%
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Wimbledon
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Prime SW London
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29%
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Putney
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Prime SW London
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12%
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Fulham
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Prime SW London
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19%
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Barnes
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Prime SW London
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38%
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Chiswick
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Prime SW London
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28%
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Richmond
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Prime SW London
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40%
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Average
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15%
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Prime London property demand for properties listed between £5m-£10m
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Area
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Prime category
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Demand
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Barnes
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Prime SW London
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56%
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Wimbledon
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Prime SW London
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33%
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Richmond
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Prime SW London
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25%
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Pimlico
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Prime C London
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19%
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Putney
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Prime SW London
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19%
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Knightsbridge
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Prime C London
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12%
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Belgravia
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Prime C London
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12%
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Kensington
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Prime C London
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11%
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Victoria
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Prime C London
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11%
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Chelsea
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Prime C London
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11%
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Holland Park
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Prime C London
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10%
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Fulham
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Prime SW London
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10%
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Notting Hill
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Prime C London
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9%
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Clapham
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Prime SW London
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8%
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Mayfair
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Prime C London
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7%
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Highgate
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Prime NW London
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6%
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Hampstead Garden Suburb
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Prime NW London
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4%
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St John’s Wood
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Prime C London
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4%
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Islington
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Prime N London
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3%
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Fitzrovia
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Prime C London
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0%
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Marylebone
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Prime C London
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0%
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Maida Vale
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Prime C London
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0%
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Regents Park
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Prime C London
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0%
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Canary Wharf
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Prime E London
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0%
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Battersea
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Prime SW London
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0%
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Wandsworth
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Prime SW London
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0%
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Chiswick
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Prime SW London
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0%
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Wapping
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Prime E London
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x
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Average
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15%
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Super-prime London property demand for properties listed at £10m and over
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Area
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Prime category
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Demand
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Highgate
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Prime NW London
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8%
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Notting Hill
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Prime C London
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6%
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Knightsbridge
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Prime C London
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5%
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Mayfair
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Prime C London
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4%
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Chelsea
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Prime C London
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2%
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Kensington
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Prime C London
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2%
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St John’s Wood
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Prime C London
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2%
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Marylebone
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Prime C London
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2%
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Belgravia
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Prime C London
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0%
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Fitzrovia
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Prime C London
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0%
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Holland Park
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Prime C London
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0%
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Maida Vale
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Prime C London
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0%
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Pimlico
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Prime C London
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0%
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Regents Park
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Prime C London
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0%
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Victoria
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Prime C London
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0%
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Hampstead Garden Suburb
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Prime NW London
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0%
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Islington
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Prime N London
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0%
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Battersea
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Prime SW London
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0%
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Wimbledon
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Prime SW London
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0%
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Fulham
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Prime SW London
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0%
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Richmond
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Prime SW London
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0%
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Wapping
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Prime E London
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x
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Canary Wharf
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Prime E London
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x
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Clapham
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Prime SW London
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x
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Wandsworth
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Prime SW London
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x
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Putney
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Prime SW London
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x
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Barnes
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Prime SW London
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x
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Chiswick
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Prime SW London
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x
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Average
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15%
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