Standard: Brockley is a hotspot for 2015

When your humble hyperlocal blogger is running from meeting to meeting, wondering how he's going to squeeze in a trenchant post or two, puff pieces about Brockley in the Evening Standard's Homes & Property section are like manna from heaven - particularly when they include incendiary phrases like:

"The charms of Brockley lie almost exclusively within its main conservation area, a network of wide, tree-lined avenues surrounding Hilly Fields..."

Anyway, the paper has nominated Brockley as one of four London property hotspots to pounce on in 2015 and thus "get in early" while it's in the "early stages of an upward curve." Early would have been 2005, but still, it's nice to have Brockley's "batch of lively new shabby-chic bars and cafés selling organic food, plus delis and a micro brewery" recognised.

The paper's explanation for Brockley's hotlist status is:

Brockley, postcode SE4, was discovered by young upwardly mobile commuters back in the Eighties, but the Overground extension through this leafy swathe of south-east London has been a game changer, bringing hipsters from Dalston, young professionals working in the City and West End, and families priced out of Greenwich and Blackheath.

Click here for the full article. Thanks to Alastair for the heads-up.