A Northumberland town has been found to be one of the least expensive places in the UK to buy a seaside home.
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea was the only place in England featured in the top 10 cheapest locations to own a home by the sea according to analysis from Halifax, coming in at the sixth least expensive place overall. The bank looked at average house prices for last year in 209 coastal spots across the country, with Scotland dominating the lower end of the list while locations down in the South West and South East of England were found to be the priciest.
The most expensive coastal town to buy a home was found to be Salcombe in Devon, where the average price stands at an eye-watering £1.2m - Devon took a total of four spots in Halifax's list of the top 10 most expensive locations. At the other end, Greenock in Inverclyde came in cheapest overall with an average house price of just £97,608 - one of nine places in Scotland featured in the top 10 least expensive locations to own a home.
