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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Vicky Shaw

First-time buyer hot and cold spots reveal north-south divide

Average asking prices for typical first-time buyer homes in some parts of Britain have jumped by nearly a fifth over the past year, according to analysis by a property website.

Rightmove, which looked across Britain but excluded London from the analysis, said Bridlington in Yorkshire and St Helens in Merseyside led the way as first-time buyer price hotspots, with average asking prices having increased by 18 per cent annually.

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