Homes in market towns are attracting a price premium over neighbouring towns that can run into the hundreds of thousands of pounds, figures from Lloyds Bank show.
The highest premium is to be found in Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire, where homes sell for £652,178 more than the county average. Across England as a whole, the average price for a house in a market town is £250,686, nearly £24,000 more than the county average.
Beaconsfield has also seen the highest increase in prices among market towns over the 10 years, with the average house price there rising 71% to £997,222 over the period.
