According to the figures, the average price of a home in Cheltenham was 13% higher than in the previous year – an increase from £277,118 to £313,150 in 2017; nearly five times the 2.7% increase in the UK as a whole. The seaside town of Bournemouth experienced the second biggest rise, with an increase of 11.7%, while Brighton, on the south east coast completed the top three with an 11.4% rise in the past year. Fifteen of the 20 top house price performers are in London and southern England – these include Crawley (10.4%), Newham (10.2%), Peterborough (10.1%), Gloucester (9.5%) and Exeter (9.1%). Huddersfield (9.3%) in Yorkshire and the Humber, Nottingham (8.9%) and Lincoln (8.4%) in […]