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...The V and M Houses, so called because their footprints resemble the letters, have glass facades, allowing you to peer, voyeur-like, into the apartments, replete with their spiky balconies....
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...The Japanese bank’s analysts point to China’s road freight index, a closely watched gauge of economic activity, down almost 20 per cent year on year, and sales volume of new homes slumping nearly a third...
...Since the pandemic, much of the demand has been for larger, higher-value homes. The average price of a home sold by E&V last year was up 29 per cent on the year before....
...“The deep-V recovery we saw in the second half of 2020 has continued into 2021, with sales activity continuing to strengthen across all territories,” said Simon Cleaver, CloudCall CEO....
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...The V&A’s reconstructions of shabby but infinitely layered and complex ad hoc British mosques is very striking and among the most memorable displays....
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