Britain's first-time buyer hotspots revealed
Data shows searches across the UK up to £300,000
Britain's most popular search areas for first-time buyers have been revealed by a property website.
Zoopla looked at the places with the highest concentrations of "leads" for an area overall - when a prospective purchaser identifies themselves as a first-time buyer and then clicks for more information from an agent on a particular property.
The research, carried out over a three-month period between mid-October and mid-January, found that, in London, Barking and Dagenham is the most popular area for those buying their first home.
Leicester is most popular for East Midlands, Bristol is the top location for the South West of England, and Midlothian appears to be the most attractive option for first-time buyers in Scotland.
Across Britain, there are large differences in the amounts those looking to get on the property ladder are planning to pay.
First-time buyers in Barking and Dagenham inquire about properties priced at £300,000 typically, the research found, while in Yorkshire and the Humber, where Bradford is the top hotspot, the average first-time buyer asks about properties priced at £110,000.
Published: by Radio NewsHub