Big property returns lie in the UK's shires, but so too do the risks

Booming prices have made home-owning Londoners rich, but 150 years of data reveals rural houses offer higher yields Wealth was surging in Britain long before Covid and energy bills got in on the "going through the roof" act. Official data last week showed household wealth rose to £15.2tn pre-pandemic. Despite a huge recession, it is likely to have defied all economic logic by growing further since, thanks to double-digit house price growth. Booming house prices in recent decades have made Londo...