50% of Fife house sellers in 2022 had only been in their old home on average 4 years and 12 weeks (Watch/Read/Listen))

 

 

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The share of Brits moving each year has been declining since the late 1980s (when at one stage, people moved every eight years), yet since the pandemic’s beginning, something has appeared to upset that trend.

 

Newspaper stories and social media posts painted a picture of homeowners moving from the city centres to its suburbs, from the suburbs to the towns and countryside around the UK. Areas like the Cotswolds and coastal towns around the country got swamped by the ‘race for space’, significantly affecting housing markets (including Fife).

 

But how many Brits moved? And how long had they been in their homes before they moved?

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