Clydesdale & Yorkshire Banks have claimed that 30% of people in the UK are planning to move home in 2011. This would be more than three times the level at the height of the economic downturn.

The research shows the biggest single increase since October 2008 when just 9% of people planned to move home.

Steve Reid, retail director for Clydesdale Bank, said: “It is greatly encouraging for the property market that more people are clearly keen to move but