Northern Towns Top
Property Search League
18th Dec 2006
With increasing signs that the north of the country is gaining more in popularity with house buyers, Newcastle upon Tyne tops the league table by a clear margin and Scottish towns have taken 12 of the top 50 places, according to UK Property Shop who compile league tables of the most searched for property locations in the UK.
Newcastle upon Tyne [1] is situated on the north bank of the river Tyne, not to be confused with its cousin Gateshead directly opposite on the other side of the river. The two cities are linked by road, rail and metro bridges, as well as the spectacular tilting Millennium Bridge for pedestrians and cyclists. Newcastle city centre is well known for its shops, cafes, bars and nightlife - but Gateshead has the brand new Sage concert hall (unkindly referred to by some as the 'slug') and the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, an amazing converted flour mill rivalling London's Tate Modern.
Aberdeen [2], often called The Granite City, is Scotland's third largest city, with a population of approximately 202,370. Aberdeen is the chief commercial centre and seaport in the north-east of Scotland. The city is often referred to as the Oil Capital of Europe thanks to becoming, in the 1970s, a major service base for the extraction of crude oil in the North Sea. It mostly stands between the mouths of the rivers Don and Dee.
Just round the corner from Aberdeen is the City of Inverness [3], self-proclaimed 'Capital of the Highlands'. Traditionally this is still the centre of Scotland's whisky distilling industry, but in today's economy it is modern high-tech business that is the driving force in the area.
Other Scotland places in the top 50 most popular locations are Greenock [8], Stirling [18], Dumfries [20], Shetland [25], Perth [29], Dundee [30], Hawick [36], Kirkintilloch [39], Cupar [45] and Bearsden [46]. Clearly this has been a good month for estate agency in Scotland, including both estate agents as well as solicitors, who often perform the dual functions of legal and estate agency businesses.
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