Nearly all surveys are in agreement that the slow-down has been more prominent in the London area and the SE of England, where property prices are extremely more elevated. 1^st time property purchasers have a predominantly hard job affording a property in these areas, and the county has also witnessed massive employment casualties amongst the wealthier City employees. In other areas of the country, in particular up North and Wales, where property prices are a lot less, the property market has carried on rolling ahead.