House prices average at £242,035 in leafy Oxfordshire, with its historic top-ranking university, despite the fact that Jeremy Clarkson lives here.Reuters
House prices average at £242,035 in leafy Oxfordshire, with its historic top-ranking university, despite the fact that Jeremy Clarkson lives here.ReutersAnother yawnsome Berkshire borough, Wokingham was recently found to be the best place to bring up a young family. Ergo, this place is a toddler colony, with snotty noses and temper tantrums as far as the eyes can see. Average price of a home: £279,121. Go figure.Google Street ViewIf you don’t like the way the government is running the country, then blame Surrey and its residents. Of the area’s 11 MPs, all are Conservative and four are senior cabinet ministers – Michael Gove, Philip Hammond, Jeremy Hunt and Chris Grayling. A home in Surrey – the country’s most wooded county – will cost you an average of £307,164.ReutersThis Berkshire royal borough is home to the queen’s residence Windsor Castle, aristocrat gambling haunt Ascot Racecourse, and Tory cabinet factory Eton College, but it’s not all bad news because Legoland is also here. And because everyone loves Lego, the average house price here is the third highest for England and Wales: £336,980.ReutersLondon is great, but do you know what’s even better? GREATER London. Everyone is so down on the London property market, saying it’s warped, but they’re just cynics. For an average of just £374,568 you can pick up a really spacious cardboard box here.Google Maps
Land Registry's house price index for March revealed that London prices soared and in turn pulled up the average house price in England and Wales.
IBTimes UK takes a look at the data and highlights the five most expensive counties/unitary authorities listed by Land Registry.
