Prime property prices outside London top pre-crash peak

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

Back to work plans are boosting demand for town and city homes, says Savills, but the country house and coastal property markets are still riding high.

Q4 saw the average prime London property price rise by 3.6%, according to Coutts bank, taking it back to roughly the level seen just before the pandemic struck the UK.