By Elisabeth Kohlbach, chief executive and co-founder of Skwire

Since the final quarter of 2019, residential property has been on the march.

According to figures from Nationwide, following a year of annual high price growth below 1 percent, December saw this figure rise to 1.4 percent before rising to 1.9 percent in January. Undoubtedly, less uncertainty around Brexit as we entered into 2020, coupled with a new majority government, injected more confidence into the market.

Of course, whilst Covid-19 may present more challenges in the weeks and months ahead, the aforementioned recent price rises underl...