"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"

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

"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"

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

"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"