HOUSE prices around the UK have seen a general increase this year, and Middlesborough and Westminster are the only areas to see a drop in value.

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House prices 2016: The areas where property value has risen and fallen

Home services marketplace Plentific.com has released a 2016 Property Price Index, providing a look at how the UK’s housing prices have behaved over the last twelve months. 

Aylesbury is top of the hot list for property in 2016 with prices int he area increasingly 21.5 per cent. The prices of new computer hotspots has risen significantly this year and it seems the London ripple effect has pushed past Watford, Hemel Hempstead and Tring and had a huge impact on this town in Buckinghamshire. 

Ipswich is ranked 3rd in the list, which might come as a surprise to come. Prices are up by 19.59 per cent with nearby Norwich in 15th place, up 14.82 per cent. 

The What’s Hot table is dominated by London and the South East, with just under half of the listed areas coming from our capital. Greenwich (19.91 per cent), Hammersmith (17.46 per cent) and Chelsea (18 per cent) lead the way in London with St Albans (17.28 per cent), Sutton (17.39 per cent), Reading (16.9 per cent) and Brentwood (19.43 per cent) joining Aylesbury for commuter areas surging in value

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Middlesbrough and Westminster are the only areas to see a drop in value