This issue includes agent survey results. LonRes data shows that the number of properties sold in the first five months of 2021 is the highest since 2014.
The levels of market activity exceeded expectations during April, with the number of homes put under offer the highest for any April since 2013 for sales.
A clear roadmap out of lockdown and encouraging momentum on a vaccine roll-out has resulted in a surge of activity in prime London's sales markets as confidence returns.
February signals the calm before the statistical storm this year, with lockdown announcements in mid-March 2020 significantly impacting all of our key market indicators last year.