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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Ruth Bloomfield

Hottest London boroughs: Bromley’s ‘lively’ homes market bucks trend of slow sales across the capital

London’s liveliest: Bromley borough has the most active homes market in the capital

(Picture: Alamy Stock Photo)

House hunters seeking space and value during the pandemic have created a new heatmap of buying and selling across the capital. Some are leafily suburban west London villages, others are good value locations at the fringes of the city but the most active market in London since the start of 2020 has been in Bromley, on the borders of Kent.

More than 11,000 homes have changed hands over the past 27 months according to new research published today. And, in the past year alone, prices have jumped 8.7 per cent to an average of £508,000.

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