Property Prices - Has your town grown the most since the credit crunch?

It's the time of the month where I take a look at the property price data for the whole of the UK, here's my market snapshot:-

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Top 5 towns/cities which have growth the most since the credit crunch:-

1. Cambridge: +59%
2. London: +57%
3. Oxford: +36%
4. Reading: +36%
5. Brighton & Hove: +30%

Top 5 towns/cities which have the highest current year on year change in price:-

1. Reading: +19.5%
2. Cambridge: +16.6%
3. Milton Keynes: +15.8%
4. London: +14.5%
5. Bristol: +12.7%

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Top 5 towns/cities which have seen the highest annual average increase:-

1. Portsmouth: +9.1%
2. Cambridge: +8.9%
3. Manchester: +8.4%
4. London: +8.3%
5. Brighton & Hove +8.0

5 worst performing towns/cities during the credit crunch (market low vs market height):-

1. Norwich: -25.71%
2. Milton Keynes: -24.06%
3. Oxford: -22.95%
4. Portsmouth: - 22.85%
5. Brighton & Hove: -21.41%

Towns and cities with average property prices below the stamp duty threshold of £125,000:-

1. Liverpool: £117,429
2. Nottingham: £122,419
3. Bradford: £124,891

For more on the price situation around the UK, read:-
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