Houses for sale in UK - How the prices increased in 2003

Which UK towns have seen the price of houses for sale shooting up over the last year? Find out here...

If you needed proof that 2003 was the 'Year Of The North' when it came to rising price of houses for sale, take a look at the Halifax's figures for the year.

The bank's statistics show that all of the Top 20 fastest-growing areas last year were in the Midlands and beyond.

Top of the pile is Brighouse in West Yorkshire, where prices have grown by an average £46,865 or 65%. The highest town in the South is Sawbridgeworth in Hertfordshire, where prices grew by 39%, placing it at 38 in the table.

	average price 2002	average price 2003	percentage change 2003
Brighouse, West Yorkshire	£72,205	£119,070	65%
Ashington, Northumberland	£54,564	£89,654	64%
Spennymoor, County Durham	£57,480	£90,665	58%
Market Drayton, Shropshire	£113,483	£177,069	56%
Prudhoe, Northumberland	£97,230	£149,325	54%
Seaham, County Durham	£57,462	£88,241	54%
West Bromwich, W Midlands	£71,194	£108,788	53%
Ammanford, Dyfed	£61,756	£94,149	53%
Whitchurch, Shropshire	£115,130	£173,581	51%
Consett, County Durham	£63,943	£95,801	50%
Dumbarton, Strathclyde	£61,480	£91,957	50%
Hebburn, Tyne-and-Wear	£49,930	£74,348	49%
Helensburgh, Strathclyde	£95,647	£142,150	49%
Blyth, Northumberland	£60,812	£90,348	49%
Corby, Northamptonshire	£76,007	£112,857	49%
Cupar, Fife	£85,589	£126,999	48%
Gainsborough, Lincs	£71,372	£105,589	48%
Wallsend, Tyne-and-Wear	£60,917	£89,543	47%
Alfreton, Derbyshire	£77,179	£112,230	45%
Barry, South-Glamorgan	£87,495	£127,027	45%