Average house prices in this region have increased from £72,043 to £135,660 which represents a rise of 83.3% in five years

Average house prices in this area have increased from £83,154 to £158,177which  represents a rise of 90.22% in five years

• Cardiff the Capital of Wales is a cosmopolitan city with over 320,000 residents and is the fastest growing capital city in Europe

• The Millennium Stadium in Cardiff is the largest sporting venue in the world with a retractable roof

• The City is home to two universities bringing over 25,000 students

• Cardiff is an extremely accessible city, benefiting from an international airport, fast road and rail links to the rest of the UK and hourly high-speed train service to London  

• The successful completion of the £1.8billion programme of uniting the city centre to its natural waterfront, building new homes, offices and updating the traditional buildings has transformed the city beyond recognition

• To meet high demands, the housing in the Cardiff Bay area continues  to increase rapidly with more than 2,000 new homes already built and a further 2,000 plus under construction

• During the next five to seven years several key developments are scheduled for completion - adding to the business, retail, housing and leisure offering of the city

• The St David's scheme to be completed by 2008 is a venture to transform the heart of Cardiff by bringing a £315million investment to the City Centre, which will establish Cardiff as one of the top retail destinations in Europe

• GVA of Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan is £7.5billion, between 1995 and 2002 there was 53.3% growth in GVA per head in Cardiff as compared to 41.8% across the UK

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Average house prices in this area have increased from £56,948 to £126,864 which represents a rise of 122.7% in five years

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 Average house prices in this region have increased from £63,131 to £114,596 which represents a rise of 81.5% in five years

• Liverpool is situated in the North West of England and is the sixth largest city in the United Kingdom

• Liverpool has received the European Capital of Culture 2008 status which will:
  o Create 14,000 new jobs;
  o Attract an extra 1.7million tourists;
  o Encourage £2billion investment.

• The city has excellent road and rail connections, along with rapid trans-global sea routes and two international airports within easy reach of the city centre

• Governor's £800 million ambitious redevelopment of the Paradise Street area of the city centre is the largest development project in Europe consisting of 450 luxury apartments, 14-screen multiplex cinema, two hotels, 3000 new car parking spaces and a new bus station

• Liverpool City Centre has witnessed a growing trend towards "City Living", by the end of 2004 the number of city centre residents had reached nearly 12,000, and is expected to continue growing towards 20,000 by 2010

• Over the last five years there has been considerable capital and rental growth in residential values of city centre apartments and the demand remains strong for spacious, luxury 2 and 3 bedroomed apartments

• In addition to the influx of professionals, the city centre has also seen a huge growth in students, with the student population now over 50,000

• Property developers have been complementing this rapidly growing demand of apartments in the city centre which have been selling like hot cakes

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Average house prices in this area have increased from £193,004 to £280,431 which represents a rise of 45.29% in five years

• London the Capital of UK has a population of around 7million and is the largest city in Europe

• It is a great industrial city with a huge port and is the largest financial centre in the world

• London is served by five International Airports with Heathrow International Airport being the busiest international airport in the world

• London has the second largest urban rail system in the world

• London has one of the biggest population of students in Europe with University of London alone having over 100,000 students

• Over the next 10 years, London will need 35,400 new homes per year

• Rents in the private sector are 60% higher in London than the national level

• The City attracts around 20million visitors a year

• Oxford Street is the busiest shopping street in Europe, with 200million visitors a year, with a turnover of £5billion

• UK's top 100 listed companies (the FTSE) are headquartered in central London

• In 2002, the GVA generated by London's residents was £147billion. GVA per head in London is 31% higher than the UK average

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Average house prices in this area have increased from £64,168 to £118,093 which represents a rise of 84.03% in five years

• Manchester is the commercial, financial, educational and cultural capital of the UK's largest economic region outside London

• Manchester International Airport is the UK's third largest airport after Heathrow and Gatwick

• Manchester is well connected to the rest of the country by an excellent motorway network

• The Trafford Park Euro-terminal, opened in 1993 at a cost of £11million, offers fast, direct road-rail services viathe Channel Tunnel to the markets of continental Europe

• Rental market is booming in Manchester because of the high number of both professionals and students in the city

• Manchester has one of the largest student populations in Europe, with over 78,000 people choosing to study at one of the area's four universities. Within one hour's drive of Manchester, there is a total student population of over 300,000

• The region is also home to over 157,000 companies and businesses

• The City attracts investors from within the UK as well as abroad, and is in the top ten of European cities for business location

• The impressive regeneration of Trafford Park Industrial Estate, the industrial heart of Manchester, continues to grow at breathtaking pace, successfully transforming the area into Europe's fastest growing business location

• Investment constantly flows into the city, the inner city area has been totally reshaped in a £200million programme of housing renewal

• Manchester has a GDP of £67billion
   

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Average house prices in this area have increased from £55,238 to £114,045 which represents a rise of 106.46% in five years

• Nottingham, the Capital of the East Midlands is a cosmopolitan city, with a diversity of cultures

• It is now the UK's third richest city in terms of Gross Domestic Product

• The city is the fourth best shopping destination in the UK

• It has the 7th highest GDP per capita in the UK

• Its economy is worth £4.4billion

• Nottingham is well-served by road and rail networks that provide rapid access to London and the rest of the UK

• Nottingham has two major universities bringing more than 48,000 students to the City. Making one in twelve city residents a university student

• New substantial developments are underway in response to the significant growth of the city's student population

• Nottingham has the fastest rate of house-building for the last 15 years

• 1,800 new dwellings proposed for city centre

• With around £7billion worth of development being invested in transforming the city centre, Nottingham holds a real possibility of becoming an important and inspiring European city with an attractive environment and a sound base for property investors

• Oxford is a bustling cosmopolitan city famous all over the world for its university and place in history

• It is one of the oldest cities in the United Kingdom and it has been home to royalty and scholars for over 800 years

• Oxford is a flourishing industrial city and tourist centre with a population over 180,000

• Well served with fast rail and motorway connections to the rest of the country and in particular to the two largest cities of UK., i.e. London and Birmingham, both being within one hour drive

• The City of Oxford has a strong international image attracting substantial foreign investments

• The new Science Park Business Centre with up to 700,000 sq ft of office space, is just another example of the growing business investment in the city

• Oxford is home to two universities with The University of Oxford being the oldest university in the English speaking world

• Oxford has a student population of over 30,000

• Oxford property market has a huge rental demand making it a city with the lowest number of owner occupiers in SE of England

• The rents in certain parts of Oxford are as high as in London

• The housing figure allocated in the ‘Review for Oxford' is 5,500 additional houses to fulfil the high demand of housing