Marylebone leads prime central London as rental values rocket

London's prime rents have increased by 1.4% year-on-year, says Savills, with particularly strong demand for one- and two-bed flats driving the market in the last three months.

As stamp duty reforms, tighter lenders and a rising pound put the kibosh on major growth in the sales market, rental values look to have been surging across pretty much every postcode in town.

42 £5,000+ per week tenancies agreed in the first four months of 2017...