Prime rents generally flat as a pancake (only W8 crept up) but 2013 could pan out well

Knight Frank's Prime Global Rental Index rose by 1.6% in the final quarter of 2012, taking the annual increase to 5.1% and putting the index 20% above its post-financial crisis low in Q2 2009.

Prime rents across the Home Counties are now 0.8% lower than they were a year ago, after dropping by 0.

Rents in prime London rose by 1.