![]() ![]() The share of people looking to leave cities increased year on year from 2020 – 2022. For rentals, features such as gardens and ‘pet-friendly’ became more in-demand. Data on keyword searches such as ‘acre’ and ‘annexe’ for house sales shows that people were searching for more spacious properties throughout late 2021 and Spring 2022. Demand for properties – the numbers of people sending enquiries to agents via Rightmove – began to increase even before restrictions eased in Summer 2020. These changes prompted demand for more spacious housing. Cities with a high share of skilled and professional occupations therefore experienced a greater shift towards remote and hybrid working. The extent of this trend varied by employment type as just 4 per cent of jobs in low- and medium-skilled occupations offer remote working, compared to 12 per cent for high-skilled jobs. The share of job postings mentioning remote, hybrid or no remote working in any context, increased rapidly from 2 per cent pre-pandemic to 12 per cent. Lightcast data shows that the share of job postings specifying that remote or hybrid working is allowed increased from just 1.5 per cent pre-pandemic to just below 10 per cent during lockdown. ![]() Remote working did increase due to lockdown, but from a low base. Lockdown prompted shifts in how we live, work and shop, and accelerated existing trends Here are the headlines from their discussion. Last week, Centre for Cities hosted speakers from the Local Data Company, Rightmove and Lightcast to explore what the data tells us about these changes over the last three years, and how cities have responded. The 23 rd March 2023 marked the third anniversary of the UK’s first lockdown, and rapid changes in how we live, work and shop in cities. ![]()
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