Press Release: 00042

1 November 2003

Source: http://www.ukpropertyshop.co.uk

Moving Location Index (Towns) - November 2003

Rank	Town	County	Points
1	Bournemouth	Dorset	167
2	Norwich	Norfolk	139
3	Loughborough	Leicestershire	106
4	Dumfries	Dumfries & Galloway	102
5	Lancaster	Lancashire	97
6	Halifax	Yorkshire	92
7	Derby	Derbyshire	90
8	Padstow	Cornwall	90
9	Blackpool	Lancashire	84
10	Dundee	Angus	83
11	Weymouth	Dorset	71
12	Sutton Coldfield	West Midlands	71
13	Greenock	Inverclyde	70
14	Inverness	Highland	65
15	Newcastle upon Tyne	Tyne & Wear	64
16	Dorchester	Dorset	64
17	Stirling	Stirling	63
18	Leamington Spa	Warwickshire	62
19	Winchester	Hampshire	61
20	Exmouth	Devon	61
21	Melton Mowbray	Leicestershire	61
22	Brecon	Powys	60
23	Ilfracombe	Devon	60
24	Isle of Skye	Scottish Islands	60
25	Tenby	Pembrokeshire	60
26	Bath	Somerset	59
27	Chester	Cheshire	56
28	Canterbury	Kent	55
29	Mansfield	Nottinghamshire	52
30	Northwich	Cheshire	51
31	Horsham	Sussex	51
32	Aberystwyth	Ceredigion	51
33	Minehead	Somerset	51
34	Huntingdon	Cambridgeshire	50
35	Leighton Buzzard	Bedfordshire	50
36	Swanage	Dorset	50
37	Lyme Regis	Dorset	50
38	Darlington	Durham	49
39	Eastbourne	Sussex	48
40	Salisbury	Wiltshire	47
41	Dunfermline	Fife	46
42	Worcester	Worcestershire	45
43	Kilmarnock	Ayrshire	44
44	St Austell	Cornwall	43
45	Worksop	Nottinghamshire	42
46	St Andrews	Fife	42
47	Oswestry	Shropshire	41
48	Clacton-on-Sea	Essex	41
49	Sevenoaks	Kent	41
50	Bideford	Devon	41

Note for Editors about the Moving Location Index and UK Property Shop

The UK Property Shop Moving Location Index is based on data from a sample of people looking to buy a property and using the website to register their property search requirements with estate agents in each town. From this data a score is calculated according to the number who are considering either moving within the town where they live, or away from their home town and into another town. The Moving Location Index is not a measure of quality, simply an indication of the relative proportion of home buyers wishing to move into or out of a town, which is influenced by many factors.

The UK Property Shop website www.ukpropertyshop.co.uk was launched in 1999 and is a popular source of information for people looking to buy, sell, rent or let residential property in the UK. It also publishes the National Directory of Estate Agents, the most complete and up to date register of all UK estate agents and letting agents.