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UK house prices holding up as city folk flock to the country

The number of city-dwellers pursuing their dream of a rural idyll is on the rise. And despite the pandemic, house prices are holding up well, says Merryn Somerset Webb.

by: Merryn Somerset Webb
15 Jun 2020
The village of Corfe, Dorset © Getty

Everyone's fleeing to the country © Getty

The village of Corfe, Dorset © Getty

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