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Postcode snobbery is nothing new in the central London housing market, with multi-millionaire homebuyers waiting for an address to become available on Abbeville Road in Clapham, say, or Kensington Park Gardens in Notting Hill.But it is now rife in the countryside, too.

High numbers of households are spending a fortune renting in lesser locations for months, and possibly years, until a suitable (or even unsuitable) home in the right village comes up.In fact, 60 per cent of estate agents working for Savills across the country reported a rise in demand for rental homes in the most desirable countryside locations during the pandemic.

And 57 per cent said that the demand was coming from those who were unable to buy where they wanted. Many prospective buyers are choosing to rent in the high-end country markets while they wait for a property to become available in their chosen area so as to be chain-free when properties in the desirable villages become available.

And Knight Frank has this week reported the highest number of sales in the country market for 15 years, with the number of wannabe buyers registering up 35 per cent last year.So what is it about these villages that drives such demand?

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