Heatmapped: House prices soar in south west hotspots
Bath, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cornwall, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire have all been flying, with annual inflation running at over 15%, while parts of London have slipped into negative territory...
Heatmapped: North West overtakes South West as nation’s hottest property market
Annual price inflation in the North West is now running at 15.7%, reports Acadata.
Heatmapped: Runaway regional markets drive highest house price inflation since 2005
‘Any slowing of price rises in the period of March to May because of the initial expected end of the stamp duty holiday has been short-lived’, reports Acadata.
RBKC neighbourhood records £1m jump in house prices
Kensington & Chelsea was home to six of the top ten London wards with the highest levels of inflation last year - one of which posted a seven-figure increase in the average price.
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