‘City centre locations and flats are staging a comeback in the housing market’ – Rightmove

Asking prices have reached an all-time high, says Rightmove, as competition among potential buyers to secure their next home is now more than double what it was this time in 2019.

London now accounts for 40.5% of all seven-figure transactions in the UK, down from 47% before the pandemic.

"Across all sectors of the market, the trend is a uniform one," says national buying agency Garrington in its latest monthly property market review: "Lack of property for sale, unsatiable demand and rising…