‘Late recovery’ locations push UK city house price inflation to 3.9%

The average gap between asking prices and agreed sales prices in London has widened from just 1% three years ago to 5.1% today, reports Zoopla.

For the first time since August 2015, every city tracked in Zoopla's UK Cities Index recorded rising property prices in February.

94% of home buyers and sellers are still planning to move once the Coronavirus lockdown is lifted, says Rightmove - but there are signs of shift in demand, with housebound house-browsers in cities looking…