England's 10 most in-demand places for home buyers named by Rightmove and none of them are anywhere near London

Suburban commuter areas in Bristol were some of the fastest places to sell property outside of Scotland
-Credit: (Image: Getty)


Britain's most in-demand areas for buying properties have been revealed by Rightmove and not one is in London. In fact, not one of them is in England either - Scotland has dominated the market as figures show it is the quickest place in the UK to find a buyer averaging just 33 days.

Nationally in the UK, it takes about 60 days on average to secure a buyer for a property and in London it takes 63, according to their data. Rightmove also collated the data and discovered the slowest places to sell a home too with some places taking nearly a third of a year.

Let's take a look outside of Scotland however and see where trends show the property market is steaming ahead with sales. None of the top ten is in the South East and most are commuter towns to other big cities across the UK.

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Suburban commuter areas outside Manchester are also selling like hotcakes
Suburban commuter areas outside Manchester are also selling like hotcakes -Credit:Getty

The fastest market outside of Scotland is in Whitehall on the outskirts of Bristol. Here it takes just 25 days to find a buyer with average prices coming in at £349,376. This is the same speed as last year's market in Whitehall too so there seems to be a trend in the area.

The second fastest outside Scotland is in Moston - a commuter town outside Manchester - where properties are being sold in 26 days on average for the low price of £195,992. This is an impressive increase for this area since last year - shaving 16 days off the average time to buy a property last year.

Downend - another Bristol suburb - was the third fastest outside Scotland with just 29 days to sell a property in the area, shaving three days off their average last year. Properties here cost a more meaty £410,535 on average.

The place where properties made their biggest jump in terms of how quickly they sold since last year was in Levenshulme - a Manchester commuter area. Here it took 30 days to sell a property on average, 17 days faster than it did last year. The average price here was £243,423.

Britain’s quickest markets property outside Scotland

Area

Region

Average time to find a buyer (days)

Change in time to find a buyer (days) compared to last year

Average asking price

Whitehall

South West

25

0

£349,376

Moston

North West

26

-16

£195,992

Downend

South West

29

-3

£410,535

Heaton

North East

30

2

£224,444

Whitehaven

North West

30

-14

£164,324

St. George

South West

30

2

£315,050

Levenshulme

North West

30

-17

£243,423

Alvaston

East Midlands

32

-2

£192,432

Walkley

Yorkshire and The Humber

33

8

£234,549

Meanwood

Yorkshire and The Humber

33

-5

£290,275

What about the slowest places to sell property?

Brixham in South Devon's Torbay area known as the English Riviera was the slowest place to sell property in the country, taking 118 days on average - nearly a third of a year
Brixham in South Devon's Torbay area known as the English Riviera was the slowest place to sell property in the country, taking 118 days on average - nearly a third of a year -Credit:Getty

Rightmove also discovered the slowest places in the UK to sell property. These are generally thoroughly rural towns and villages, some even on islands like the Isle of Wight or Hayling Island.

Brixham in the Torbay area - the English Riviera - has been listed as the slowest place to sell a property in the UK. It took 118 days on average to find a buyer for properties which were selling for £338,011 on average. This is a 12-day jump since last year.

The next slowest place to sell a property was in Skegness in the East Midlands. Here it took 115 days on average to find a buyer with properties going for £197,845. It took 39 more days to sell here on average than last year - the biggest jump on the top ten slowest list.

Sandown on the Isle of Wight was the third-slowest taking 109 days to sell up - a 36-day jump from last year. Properties here go for £252,908 on average.

Here's the full table:

Area

Region

Average time to find a buyer (days)

Change in time to find a buyer (days) compared to last year

Average asking price

Brixham

South West

118

12

£338,011

Skegness

East Midlands

115

39

£197,845

Sandown

South East

109

36

£252,908

Abergele

Wales

106

32

£231,701

Minehead

South West

103

24

£298,345

Bessacarr

Yorkshire and The Humber

100

21

£270,464

Cleethorpes

Yorkshire and The Humber

99

25

£176,334

Canford Cliffs

South West

99

22

£1,223,116

Hayling Island

South East

99

3

£424,135

Barton-on-Sea

South East

98

38

£568,707

Regional distribution

Properties here in Carluke, Scotland, sold in 15 days on average
Properties here in Carluke, Scotland, sold in 15 days on average -Credit:G Laird via Geograph

Interestingly when looking at the data regionally, the North is generally quicker to sell property in than most of the South. Scotland pulls ahead massively of course with properties in Carluke taking just 15 days to sell followed by Glasgow commuter towns Giffnock and Uddingston taking just 16 and 17 days. But it is then followed by the North East and North West regions with 52 days and 58 days average time to find a buyer.

The slowest region to sell a property on average is in the East Midlands at 67 days, followed by Wales with 66 days and the East of England at 65.

Here's the full table:

Region

Average time to find a buyer (days)

Change in time to find a buyer (days) compared to last year

Scotland

33

1

North East

52

4

North West

58

0

UK

60

3

West Midlands

60

4

Yorkshire and The Humber

61

3

London

63

0

South East

63

2

South West

64

7

East of England

65

4

Wales

66

2

East Midlands

67

6

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