The summer of 2012 will be remembered as the year London welcomed the world to the Olympic and Paralympic Games, but for many estate agents it would be the "hype that never materialised".
Most estate agents in London "jumped" on the short-term lettings bandwagon, Peter Savage from the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) said.
But many were left with expensive empty properties gracing their websites long after the Games were over.
(August 30, 2012)