London vendors slash prices to secure a buyer before Christmas

Latest data from LonRes shows the number of new properties reaching the market in July was up 39% on the same month last year, with 9% more deals agreed;

Acadata's latest house price index tells of an "emerging new geography" for prices and demand - which may or may not be here to stay.

"We have been surprised at the extent to which lockdown has made people reassess their housing needs and, more pertinently, act upon it," says Savills.