Neath Port Talbot a property hotspot

House prices in Neath Port Talbot have just about risen more than almost anywhere else in Britain over the past year, new figures from the Land Registry show.

The price rises in the area outstripped, Islington, Richmond upon Thames and Brighton. Only Fulham and Hammersmith (15.1%) Kensington and Chelsea (15%), the City of Westminster (14.5%) and Lambeth (14%) beat Neath Port Talbot, where house prices grew by 13.1% from November 2005 to November 2006.

However, the Land Registry figures are based on actual sales rather than estimates, the average house in Neath Port Talbot now costs £101,360 - while the average London house is three times as much, at £304,192.

In terms of Welsh sales, Torfaen came second to Neath Port Talbot with 11.6% growth and an average house price of £126,190, while Rhondda Cynon Taf came third with 9.4% growth and an average price of £88,607.