The increased number of people working flexibly is pushing the London commuter belt further out into the countryside. Over 60% of full-time employees now work flexibly, with less rigid office hours and without the need to travel into the city every day. This working pattern means being near a railway station and within 20 minutes commute of London are becoming less important factors for such homebuyers. Villages in Gloucestershire, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire that are further from railway stations are becoming an option, along with Margate on the Kent coast.
The increased number of people working flexibly is pushing the London commuter belt further out into the countryside. Over 60% of full-time employees now work flexibly, with less rigid office hours and without the need to travel into the city every day. This working pattern means being near a railway station and within an hour's commute of London are becoming less important factors for such homebuyers. Villages in Gloucestershire, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire that are further from railway stations are becoming an option, along with Margate on the Kent coast.