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The City diarist, the top London estate agent and the glass box...

Ping! An email arrives from Trevor Abrahmsohn of Glentree International, also known as the estate agent who sells top end piles in Hampstead (a smart of central London equivalent to the Upper West/East Sides in New York) and its environs.

Unsurpringly Abrahmsohn, who dubs his firm the 'Deliveroo of Chinese Takeaway', is bullish about the prospects for selling multi-million pound houses in his patch because there are tons of wealthy Hong Kongers making enquiries about buying properties worth up to £50 million in the capital...