The cost of a home in Margate, the Kent coastal town dubbed ‘Hackney on sea’, has risen 102.5 per cent over the last decade – as the speed of house price growth across the home counties dwarfs the rest of the country.
New data from Rightmove reveals that of the top 10 places showing the greatest inflation in house prices in the last 10 years, eight are in the traditional London commuter belt.
