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London may have been under strict lockdown measures for the vast majority of last year, but that didn’t stop the super-rich from snapping up the city’s prime property.
Despite the uncertainty caused by the pandemic and Brexit, the city’s housing market enjoyed a robust year in 2020, with the value of London’s prime properties expected to creep up even further over the next 12 months, according to a new report by Beauchamp Estates.
Homes valued at £10 million and up across central London’s prime enclaves will see price gains of 1 per cent to 2 per cent in 2021. Big-ticket houses are also expected to be in high demand, with sale values expected to rise by up to 15 per cent, said the property firm.
Wednesday 13 January 2021
Sir David Barclay (left) and Sir Frederick Barclay at Buckingham Palace after receiving their knighthoods from the Queen, 2000
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Sir David Barclay has died at the age of 86, following a short illness, his newspaper – the
Telegraph – has reported. With his identical twin, Sir Frederick, he rose from humble beginnings to build a vast business empire which began with hotels and expanded to include shipping, retail and, since 2004, the ownership of the Telegraph Media Group.
By minutes, he was the older brother, and, reportedly, the more outgoing of the two. Although, that is saying something, given that privacy was their trading secret. In a rare public comment Sir David said: ‘Privacy is a valuable commodity. There is no incentive for us to talk about our business affairs’. Then, many years later he added: ‘It doesn t appeal to us to boast to others of how clever we have been or how successful we are’ (w