Claim is made by online lettings platform Apropos which says Covid pandemic will only accelerate the trend.

The Local Data Company looked at 20,351 high street units of all business types eligible to re-open and found on average that just over 52% had re-opened.

A former senior high street estate agent now working for a tech platform argues that leaving the high street increases, not lessens, customer interaction.

Read how the recent business rates increases brought in by the government are affecting agents estate agents, newsagents and women's clothes shops the worst.

Everyone talks about national or regional figures for sales and lettings, but what’s it really like on the ground near you? Nigel Lewis finds out in Streatham, South West London.