St Ives<\/a> has an average asking price of nearly quarter of a million pounds, making it the sixth priciest coastal location in the country.<\/p>\nWith the average price sitting at \u00a3461,959, it places just behind Lyme Regis in Dorset and ahead of Shoreham-By-Sea in West Sussex on the list. Taking the top spot is Sandbanks in Poole, Dorset, and in tenth place we have Saltdean in East Sussex.<\/p>\n
The data has been released alongside information on the ten cheapest seaside towns and areas by house price growth, too, both lists which don’t feature Cornwall.<\/p>\n
Despite St Ives making the list of most expensive seaside towns, it has shown a seven per cent decrease in price based on year-on-year trends. It’s also the only Cornish town to make the list.<\/p>\n
While property prices rose in eight of the top 10 cheapest seaside towns, that trend has reversed in more costly locations, with eight of the top 10 most expensive seaside towns in Great Britain having recorded house price declines.<\/p>\n
This includes St Ives, which saw a significant 7% drop. Lyme in Dorset also saw a 7% drop and Sidmouth in Devon experienced a 6% decrease.<\/p>\n
Top 10 most expensive seaside towns in Britain<\/p>\n
10. Saltdean, East Sussex, with an average price of \u00a3449,007<\/p>\n
9. Sidmouth, Devon, with an average price of \u00a3450,971<\/p>\n
8. Swanage, Dorset, with an average price of \u00a3455,347<\/p>\n
7. Shoreham-By-Sea, West Sussex, with an average price of \u00a3455,939<\/p>\n
6. St Ives, Cornwall, with an average price of \u00a3461,959<\/p>\n
5. Lyme Regis, Dorset, with an average price of \u00a3474,417<\/p>\n
4. Barton On Sea, New Milton in Hampshire with an average price of \u00a3496,143<\/p>\n
3. Lymington, Hampshire, with an average price of \u00a3545,926<\/p>\n
2. Canford Cliffs, Poole, Dorset with an average price of \u00a31,045,533<\/p>\n
1. Sandbanks, Poole, Dorset with an average price of \u00a31,119,945<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"House prices are decreasing in the hotspot though A Cornish coastal town is among Britain’s most expensive to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57262,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,152,28022],"class_list":["post-57261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-britain","tag-britain","tag-property","tag-st-ives"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116701605867768819","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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