Bath named Britain’s city property hotspot, as asking prices jump 15% in a year
Rightmove charts which UK cities have seen the biggest leaps in average asking prices in the last 12 months. Britain's only UNESCO World Heritage City, Bath - recently named the best place in Britain to live by a leading buying agency - tops the list.
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