Demand for jobs and homes outside London DOUBLES as coronavirus sparks exodus from cities



The figures below show Londoners as a percentage of total Britons looking for houses in these locations outside the capital, with comparisons from 2020 and 2019, compiled by Hamptons. 

Location, region, percentage of London home-buyers, 2019 %+, Av price 

Broxbourne, East of England, 2020: 78% +5% £341,520

Epping Forest East of England 70% +8% £452,850

Dartford South East England 64% +3% £299,980

Tandridge South East England 63% +9% £447,110

Thurrock East of England 61%  +4% £267,730

Sevenoaks South East England 46%  -19% £442,070

Elmbridge South East England 45%  +8% £586,500

Aylesbury Vale South East England 44%  +17% £330,000

Reigate and Banstead South East England 44% +6% £410,510

Medway South East England 40% +12% £240,260

Luton East of England 40% +6% £230,660

Watford East of England 40% -5% £342,790

Mole Valley South East England 38%  +6% £482,790

Gravesham South East England 38% -5% £293,790

Brentwood East of England 34% +1% £427,200

Basildon East of England 31% +0% £312,260

Tonbridge and Malling South East England 27%  +3% £370,280

Thanet South East England 26% -5% £236,310

Woking (borough) South East England 25%  +7% £417,710

Stevenage East of England 24% +4% £284,050

Castle Point East of England 22%  +3% £311,660

Tendring East of England 21% 2% £217,680

North Hertfordshire East of England 20% -1% £343,260

Guildford South East England 20% -3% £453,040

Dacorum East of England 19% -7% £406,080

Shepway South East England 19%  0% £266,200

Tunbridge Wells South East England 19%  -1% £399,420

Braintree East of England 19% 6% £275,780

Windsor and Maidenhead South East England 19% 0% £478,860

Maidstone South East England 17%  2% £289,380

Chelmsford East of England 17% 2% £333,850

Southend-on-Sea East of England 17%  -4% £287,220

Milton Keynes South East England 17% 5% £262,460

Swale South East England 17%  3% £242,980

Oxford South East England 16%  4% £411,670

Crawley South East England 16% -2% £283,750

Waverley South East England 16% -2% £444,180

Worthing South East England 15% 9% £280,310

Dover South East England 14% 4% £246,940

Liverpool North West England 14% 0% £130,350

Brighton and Hove South East England 13% 1% £367,890

Rochford East of England 13% -1% £347,810

Wealden South East England 13%  2% £330,010

Cambridge East of England 13% 5% £432,730

Central Bedfordshire East of England 13% 0% £307,670

Charnwood East Midlands 12% 9% £226,910

Canterbury South East England 12% -2% £299,900

Ipswich East of England 12% 6% £196,460

Middlesbrough North East England 11% 4% £115,770

New Forest South East England 10% 6% 5% £336,930