Best not set your heart on that wisteria-clad gem on the corner – it might not come up for sale for a few decades yet.
While the London property market may feel like a merry-go-round, no number of hopeful post-it notes through the letterbox will persuade the happiest habitants to sell up. Many will hold on to coveted family homes for a generation or more, unconvinced of more desirable digs elsewhere – or perhaps just put off by the faff of moving.
