‘Halo effect’ as renters move out of city centres

But the majority of October's property exchanges in prime London still originated in deals done before the first national lockdown, says Knight Frank.

National estate agency Strutts is forecasting price growth of between 20% and 35% by 2025 across the UK, and somewhere between 15% and 35% over five years in Prime Central London.

Average rents in the countryside have risen by 5.5% in the last year, reports Hamptons, while city rents have fallen by 5.3%.