
New figures, from the UK’s largest mortgage lender, the Halifax, show that houses in Southend experienced the largest rise in 2012.
Whilst property prices in England and Wales rose by a modest 1%, the town in Essex saw prices rise by a whopping 14.8% over the past 12 months. The average house price in Southend is now £198,418 according to the Halifax, nearly £40,000 above the national average.
The figures from the Halifax confirm what many housing experts have ...