http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21934564
An interesting thought. Note: just the increase in residential property prices in London is more than the TOTAL value of residential properties in the North East.
England consists of London and those surrounding counties within reasonable commuting distance.
The rest of us come under the remit of Overseas Development.
It might as well be an African/Asian colony, there's as much white there as in Michael Jackson.