"Covid-19 was forecast to slow housing activity. But economic and behavioural changes mean that buyers are now more committed to moving"

"During April, June and August we received more than 2,600 responses to our surveys from our prospective buyers and sellers to understand how the experience of Covid-19 had affected their desire to move and what they valued in a home. Here are our findings"

"At the end of July, Savills saw 60% more new applicants registering in prime rental markets than in the 12 weeks before lockdown. Covid-19 has also affected the profile of tenants and what they want from their properties, as our research reveals"

"Buyers are heading out to the country, thanks to a renewed appetite for space and a market that is undervalued compared with London"

"Our outlook factors in a range of key economic influences – the low cost of debt, low levels of price growth pre-Covid, stamp duty support and, of course, Brexit"