Here are the local authority areas across Britain with the highest concentrations of homes increasing in value by 5% or more in 2023, according to Zoopla, with the percentages of homes which recorded gains of this size:
1. Rossendale, North West, 44.2%
2. Blackburn with Darwen, North West, 34.5%
3. Telford and Wrekin, West Midlands, 32.6%
=4. Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, 32.3%
=4. Burnley, North West, 32.3%
6. Bolton, North West, 31.1%
7. Inverclyde, Scotland, 30.0%
8. Glasgow City, Scotland, 29.7%
9. Carlisle, North West, 28.9%
10. Knowsley, North West, 27.9%
And here are the areas with the highest concentration of homes with value loss of 5% or more, according to Zoopla, with the percentages of homes which recorded losses of this size:
1. Dover, South East, 52.4%
2. Hastings, South East, 50.7%
3. Aberdeen City, Scotland, 45.1%
4. Canterbury, South East, 43.4%
5. Thanet, South East, 40.9%
6. Rother, South East, 38.6%
7. Folkestone & Hythe, South East, 35.8%
8. Tendring, Eastern England, 35.3%
9. Moray, Scotland, 32.1%
10. South Holland, East Midlands, 31.5%