We're a City of Two Halves ; East London Is Now a Stylish Quarter for Young Singles, Leaving the West As the Choice for Family Life, Explains David Spittles

Evening Standard - London › September 09, 2004

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WEST London, the most affluent corner of the capital, has been partially eclipsed by the energetic development scene that is transforming eastern areas of the city, towards Docklands and beyond. There are fewer large-scale regeneration opportunities in west London for developers to sink their teeth into and, with property values already high, builders struggle to find sites that appeal to first-time buyers.

Prestige new homes in particular are in short supply in the west, and when they do appear on the market, they are snapped up as quickly as any budget buy in Bethnal Green.

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We're a City of Two Halves ; East London Is Now a Stylish Quarter for Young Singles, Leaving the West As the Choice for Family Life, Explains David Spittles

This helps to explain why an east-west new homes divide has opened up in the capital, and it is a gap that is getting wider. In east London, new flats are smaller and cheaper, and new houses are like gold dust. If you are young, single and a firsttime buyer, you are much more likely to live in an ea...

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