Rental prices surge up, but growth ‘will start to ease’ in the coming months

Central London rents are bouncing back hard from pandemic depths, suggests Hamptons' latest letting index.

"There are likely to be some month-on-month price falls during the second half of the year," says Rightmove.

The average asking price of a property listed for sale outside London on OnTheMarket in December was £364k, up 3.7% from the same month last year. Within Greater London, the average asking price was £1.