Demand for million pound properties still strong

Data compiled from Land Registry and Registers of Scotland figures reveals sales of million pound properties across Britain in the first half of 2004 were up 61% than the same period last year, as just under 2,000 million pound properties were sold compared with 1,200 in the first half of 2003. Not only have million pound properties sold but £2m sales were over 50% higher in the same period, as the number of £2m deals crossed 300. London is still raking in most of the big deals, as large property deals in London account for two thirds (64%) of those sales but increase the stronghold w...