It’s time to look beyond London property

Central London has defied the gloomsters, but the regions look more buoyant for now.

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Manchester is another city to watch

You can barely move in central London for construction sites at the foot of enormous skyscrapers. But who on earth is going to occupy all of these shiny new buildings once they're built?Apparently, the demand is there. According to property investment firm CBRE, a "phenomenon" is occurring across all central-London office markets. For the first time, "a clear difference in performance has emerged between new and secondhand existing space".

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Sarah is MoneyWeek's investment editor. She graduated from the University of Southampton with a BA in English and History, before going on to complete a graduate diploma in law at the College of Law in Guildford. She joined MoneyWeek in 2014 and writes on funds, personal finance, pensions and property.