Nelson and Burnley have been revealed as property sale hotpsots in a new report
TWO East Lancashire towns have been declared as property hotspots after a significant rise in sales, according to a new report.
Research from Lloyds Bank revealed that Nelson came joint second in England and Wales with a 12 per cent rise in sales, with Burnley coming joint seventh with a 10 per cent rise.
They buck the overall trend with 82 per cent of towns included in the survey saw house sales fall between 2015 and 2016.
There was a general north-south divide, with most of the towns seeing the biggest increases situated outside southern England.
Brent in London and Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire recorded the largest drops in sales in 2016, both falling by 30%.
Lloyds used Land Registry figures to make the findings.
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