Essentially the most searched-for purchaser places of 2022

London is traditionally probably the most searched-for location on Rightmove, and we’ve seen the capital take the highest spot once more on the finish of 2022.

We’ve additionally seen the yr come to an in depth with the highest 5 most-searched places equivalent to these we noticed in 2021. London, Cornwall, Devon, Bristol and Glasgow took the highest spots once more this yr.

However the hole between first and second place is widening. In 2021, we noticed a number of months the place Cornwall overtook London as probably the most search-for space, with many home-buyers looking for further house, or a life by the coast, as had been the development all through the pandemic. And on the finish of final yr, the distinction within the complete variety of searches between London and Cornwall was simply 3%. Nevertheless on the finish of 2022, this has grown to 36%.

It’s because we’re seeing a return to the search tendencies we noticed again within the pre-pandemic market of 2019, with extra folks seeking to make strikes to cities throughout Nice Britain.

Our property skilled, Tim Bannister, says: “This yr folks looking for their subsequent residence have nicely and actually returned to the capital – we began to see the tide turning in the direction of the top of final yr, and all through 2022 lots of our tendencies available in the market have began to move again in the direction of the place they have been in 2019.”

Check out probably the most searched-for purchaser places of 2022:

Rank Space
1 London
2 Cornwall
3 Devon
4 Bristol
5 Glasgow
6 Manchester
7 Edinburgh
8 Sheffield
9 York
10 Cambridge

New cities enter the highest ten in 2022

Following the development of home-buyers seeking to cities to buy their subsequent residence, we’ve seen two cities enter the highest ten, that didn’t function within the 2021 checklist. Together with the bustling metropolis of Manchester at quantity six, the historic metropolis of Cambridge was the tenth most-searched for location of 2022.