100 Best Home Selling Towns in Dec 2008

Press release: 7 Jan 2009

UK housing market analysis by Home.co.uk has identified the UK's most resilient local housing markets. The wealthy suburb of Bearsden, near Glasgow, tops the 100 strong list of the most dynamic home selling markets with an average marketing time of just 73 days.

The locations listed, those remaining relatively unscathed by the current economic bust, are dominated by Scottish towns and some of the more prosperous towns in England. Dundee, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow are the highest ranking cities, suggesting that the property market is thus far least affected in Scotland. Bloomsbury and Holborn are the most dynamic housing markets in London, with average marketing times of 122 and 123 days respectively.

Home prices in these active housing markets, where supply is still matched by demand, are likely to suffer the least over the course of 2009.

For more information see: Local Property Information by Town and Postcode

Rank Town Average Days on Market Number of Homes for Sale
1 Bearsden 73 226
2 Crewkerne 74 112
3 Bishops Waltham 80 137
4 Antrim 81 289
5 Carnoustie 82 102
6 Cullompton 84 127
7 Claygate 87 115
8 Broughty Ferry 88 111
9 Cumbernauld 89 142
10 Arbroath 89 178
11 Troon 90 133
12 Ballycastle 92 180
13 Larne 92 222
14 Ballymena 93 309
15 Dundee 94 1283
16 Dungannon 94 106
17 Newry 95 101
18 St Ives, Huntingdon 96 343
19 Londonderry 97 597
20 Haverhill 100 379
21 Farnborough 100 646
22 Bonnyrigg 101 125
23 Coleraine 101 659
24 Winchester 102 367
25 Johnstone 102 326
26 Larbert 102 103
27 Forfar 103 120
28 Glenrothes 103 323
29 Perth 103 149
30 Newton Mearns 103 163
31 Craigavon 103 191
32 Bishopbriggs 104 144
33 Fleet 105 319
34 Cookstown 105 110
35 Netley 106 204
36 Lisburn 106 602
37 Grangemouth 106 157
38 Inverurie 106 117
39 Yateley 106 111
40 Beccles 107 299
41 Uddingston 108 163
42 Addlestone 108 286
43 Banbridge 108 291
44 Alexandria 108 228
45 Cockenzie Port Seton 109 100
46 Amesbury 109 100
47 Sudbury 109 331
48 Irthlingborough 109 160
49 Teddington 109 419
50 Warlingham 110 190
51 Sandhurst 110 414
52 Ardrossan 110 190
53 Kirkcaldy 111 371
54 Rutherglen 111 347
55 Dunfermline 111 535
56 Overcombe 111 151
57 Frimley 111 627
58 Edinburgh 112 4016
59 Methil 112 104
60 Romiley 112 290
61 Balsall Common 113 114
62 Falkirk 113 784
63 Rustington 113 517
64 Ballymoney 114 203
65 Aberdeen 114 1445
66 Renfrew 114 533
67 Godmanchester 114 159
68 Leven 114 180
69 Glasgow 115 7810
70 Ince In Makerfield 115 257
71 Milngavie 115 182
72 Leith 115 1110
73 Stenhousemuir 115 412
74 Littlehampton 117 858
75 Dalgety Bay 117 130
76 Horbury 117 236
77 Woking 117 1177
78 Inverness 118 151
79 Crowthorne 118 283
80 Bo Ness 118 103
81 Paddock Wood 119 113
82 Currie 119 117
83 Aldershot 120 640
84 Hamilton 120 465
85 Tavistock 120 248
86 Wincanton 121 136
87 Littleport 121 113
88 Ilkeston 121 553
89 Crawley 121 779
90 Pyle 121 143
91 Bloomsbury 122 1190
92 Ayr 122 386
93 Keymer 122 125
94 Tadley 122 154
95 Largs 123 172
96 Long Ditton 123 313
97 Alton 123 230
98 Verwood 123 367
99 Holborn 123 1126
100 Saltcoats 123 432

Note: Only conurbations with 100 or more properties were used to compile the above list.

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