England’s market towns towns command a premium of nearly £25,000 for home buyers, according to research by Lloyds Bank.
It found that house prices are typically 12% higher in market towns than in the surrounding county. Two out of three of the 113 market towns studied were above the county average.
Beaconsfield in South Buckinghamshire led the pack with homes trading at 156% or £501,648 above the county average.
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