New-build buyers burst out of lockdown, says Savills

The handful of large houses in the capital with direct access to parkland are in huge demand, reports Arlington Residential, after selling a £22m example in Primrose Hill

Before the pandemic, only around one in 20 Chinese and Hong Kong home-buyers used to look for a home in England's Home Counties; now it's nearer one in five, according to a new study.

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.