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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