Real estate
March 5, 2020
Knight Frank's 2020 wealth report. Image courtesy of Knight Frank
By Dianna Dilworth
Luxury real estate buyers are spending their money in cities as opposed to second-home markets in the shadow of an expected global slowdown.
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