West is best says Halifax

Its latest Annual Seaside Town Review, which tracks prices in 98 coastal towns as well as using Land Registry Data, finds prices have gained most on the West coast in the past five years. Fourteen of the top 20 gainers are located in the West, against 6 in the East. The most expensive town is Sandbanks in Dorset, where prices average more than £508,000, nearly £194,000 more expensive than the average in the highest priced eastern town Lymington in Hampshire (£314,378). Nine out of the 10 most expensive coastal towns are located in Cornwall, Dorset and Devon. In terms of price gains ...