Timber, the uk is tne of the few places that has "recovered" better than most because Sterling and London property are seen as preferable place to hide money other than the Euro and Russia. The Home Counties have benefitted from the property boom in London with "PLU's" (people like us) selling their high priced Clapham house to buy in Banbury or Cirencester. Ie within computing distance.
However, try going north of Doncaster and it's a different story all together. "Up north" every second ad is for wonga short term rip off loans and similar. It's actually quite grim.
