Press Release: 00050

11 April 2007

Aberdeen stays on top

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

Aberdeen is top of the league table again in March, for the second month running, underlining its position as the current favourite for UK property buyers moving into this booming city. According to The Scotsman, house prices in Aberdeen rose 10.3% in the first quarter of this year.

Jersey (2), the largest of the Channel Islands, moves up from position twelve in February and position twenty-nine last December. There are of course special restrictions that apply to outsiders wishing to buy property in Jersey, so the property market is limited mainly to those people who are born on the island. For further information about Jersey residency conditions, see the Troys Property website.

Belfast (7) is up from position ten in February, which is in line with frequent reports about soaring property prices in the capital of Northern Ireland. Years of pent-up demand, coupled with huge recent investment in the infrastructure, have combined to make Belfast an increasingly attractive place for home buyers. Located on the eastern coast, Belfast and its metropolitan area has a population of over half a million people, making it the second largest city in all Ireland after Dublin.

Out of the top fifty favourite property locations, twenty five are either seaside or coastal towns.

Moving Location Index (Towns) - March 2007

Rank	Town	County	Points
1	Aberdeen	Aberdeenshire	248
2	Jersey	Channel Islands	192
3	Eastbourne	Sussex	184
4	Kingston upon Thames	Greater London	153
5	Newcastle upon Tyne	Tyne & Wear	137
6	Dundee	Angus	122
7	Belfast	County Antrim	121
8	Oxford	Oxfordshire	120
9	Skegness	Lincolnshire	115
10	Truro	Cornwall	105
11	Harrogate	Yorkshire	101
12	Brighton	Sussex	97
13	Newquay	Cornwall	94
14	Plymouth	Devon	89
15	Chester	Cheshire	89
16	Hereford	Herefordshire	89
17	York	Yorkshire	83
18	Aberystwyth	Ceredigion	81
19	Tavistock	Devon	72
20	Kirkintilloch	Dunbartonshire	72
21	Inverness	Highland	71
22	Weymouth	Dorset	65
23	Yeovil	Somerset	65
24	Leyland	Lancashire	61
25	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Northumberland	61
26	Kingsbridge	Devon	61
27	Isles of Scilly	Cornwall	60
28	Basingstoke	Hampshire	58
29	Penzance	Cornwall	58
30	Shrewsbury	Shropshire	57
31	Barnsley	Yorkshire	57
32	Exmouth	Devon	55
33	Bath	Somerset	53
34	Leamington Spa	Warwickshire	53
35	Willenhall	West Midlands	52
36	Swansea	Swansea	51
37	Bodmin	Cornwall	51
38	Galashiels	Scottish Borders	51
39	Wadebridge	Cornwall	51
40	St Ives	Cornwall	50
41	Burnham-on-Sea	Somerset	50
42	Romsey	Hampshire	50
43	Shanklin	Isle of Wight	50
44	Sandown	Isle of Wight	50
45	Worcester	Worcestershire	49
46	Ayr	Ayrshire	48
47	Halifax	Yorkshire	47
48	Stirling	Stirling	47
49	Dumfries	Dumfries & Galloway	46
50	Southsea	Hampshire	46

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.