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Residential demand returns to London

While the UK has seen house prices boom over the past year, central London has not joined in as increased remote working led buyers to shun the capital for more space in the suburbs and further afield. But indicators of demand show that it is far too early to call time on city living, with demand now returning to the purchase and rental market despite prices remaining far higher relative to earnings than in other regions.

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