
The property sector has responded in unexpected ways to the coronavirus pandemic. The summer months saw a ‘mini-boom’ in property sales, attributed to a combination of the temporary stamp duty holiday and a pent-up desire to move after the first lockdown. But what’s especially interesting is that as our lives have shifted on the unpredictable tides of 2020, so have people’s property preferences. Factors that were once extremely important have now become less so, while other aspects of properties have increased in value.