[toyg]

Yes, but only in London. Most of "urban Britain" elsewhere is still considered very much undesirable. Price dynamics outside London are extremely different.

This is the problem with housing policies in England: they are all designed around London and the South West, with little regard for the rest of the country.

[crdoconnor]

There doesn't appear to be any shortage of demand for city center accommodation in Bristol, Manchester, Birmingham, etc. either.