Press Release: 00055

4 August 2007

Swansea sails up

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

Aberdeen and Brighton again feature at the top of the league table, but have been joined by Lincoln (up from No.4 in June) and now Swansea, making its first appearance in the Top Ten. The nation's favourite locations for home hunters continue to reflect the attraction of water, with 18 of the top 50 most sought after places being either coastal or seaside resorts.

Swansea in south Wales boasts some of the best beaches in the UK and is also a gateway to the spectacular Mumbles and Gower coastline, one of the region's most popular tourist attractions.

In recent years Swansea has benefited from substantial inward investment and has established itself as a modern and attractive city in which to live, work and visit. Swansea Docks used to be one of the largest in the world, but has now largely been redeveloped and renamed the Maritime Quarter, with hi-tech businesses and upmarket residential units, as well as a thriving yacht marina and hotel. It is also home to the National Waterfront Museum, Swansea Museum and the Dylan Thomas Centre.

It is easy to see why so many people are looking to buy a home in Swansea, with some 39 offices of estate agents in and around the city.

Moving Location Index (Towns) - July 2007

Rank	Town	County	Points
1	Aberdeen	Aberdeenshire	255
2	Lincoln	Lincolnshire	184
3	Brighton	Sussex	167
4	Swansea	Swansea	146
5	Bath	Somerset	133
6	Skegness	Lincolnshire	116
7	Newcastle upon Tyne	Tyne & Wear	107
8	Leamington Spa	Warwickshire	103
9	Jersey	Channel Islands	103
10	Winchester	Hampshire	102
11	Newquay	Cornwall	101
12	Weymouth	Dorset	96
13	Kirkcaldy	Fife	95
14	Worcester	Worcestershire	93
15	Chichester	Sussex	93
16	Eastbourne	Sussex	88
17	Canterbury	Kent	84
18	Barnstaple	Devon	84
19	Carlisle	Cumbria	77
20	St Albans	Hertfordshire	73
21	Ayr	Ayrshire	72
22	Lancaster	Lancashire	67
23	Scarborough	Yorkshire	67
24	Dumfries	Dumfries & Galloway	67
25	Bournemouth	Dorset	66
26	Aberystwyth	Ceredigion	64
27	Barrow-in-Furness	Cumbria	64
28	Haverfordwest	Pembrokeshire	62
29	Inverurie	Aberdeenshire	62
30	Cleethorpes	Lincolnshire	61
31	Amesbury	Wiltshire	61
32	St Ives	Cornwall	60
33	Woodstock	Oxfordshire	60
34	Bury St Edmunds	Suffolk	58
35	Cambridge	Cambridgeshire	56
36	Truro	Cornwall	52
37	Stirling	Stirling	52
38	Elgin	Moray	52
39	Ormskirk	Lancashire	51
40	Kingston upon Thames	Greater London	50
41	Totnes	Devon	50
42	Padstow	Cornwall	50
43	Isle of Arran	Scottish Islands	50
44	Orkney	Scottish Islands	50
45	Guildford	Surrey	45
46	Nuneaton	Warwickshire	44
47	Kendal	Cumbria	43
48	Stourbridge	West Midlands	43
49	Kirkintilloch	Dunbartonshire	43
50	Hatfield	Hertfordshire	42

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.