Article: Welsh houses rise a fifth in year; Land Registry figures show average house in Wales now costs pounds 105,382 - but market may 'cool off' late next year.(News)

Byline: Rhodri Evans

HOUSE prices in Wales increased by almost double the United Kingdom average in the past year.

The average Welsh home is worth 20.77% more in the third quarter of 2003 than it was in the same period a year ago, according to official figures released by the Land Registry yesterday.

But during the same period house prices across England and Wales as a whole averaged an increase substantially less than that at 10.62%.

The increases in Wales were only bettered by one other region, the North of England, where prices rose by ...

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