Kensington and Chelsea tipped as London's top house price hotspots

Londoners predict house prices in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea will rise more in the next five years than any other London borough.

44% of Londoners put the borough of Kensington and Chelsea in their top three in the You gov survey despite the fact that it is already the most expensive borough, with an average house price of nearly £1.5m according to recent figures.

Next in line was Westminster, picked by 35% of Londoners, which, in fact, also saw the greatest rise in average house price last year – a staggering increase of 35.6% over 12 months.

ToTapped by 29%, The City of London followed close behind, with Richmond upon Thames (selected by 20%), Hammersmith and Fulham (by 10%) and Kingston upon Thames (also by 10%) rounding out the picks in double-digits.