Hot Spot

Hot Spot: Peterborough

Peterborough, in the county of Cambridgeshire, was named as one of the top four UK Environmental Cities in 1992 and is now building a reputation as a city with a long term sustainable development plan. Located just 80 miles north of London and 40 miles from Cambridge, it's easily commutable by road and rail and an affordable hot spot for the first time buyer

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Hot Spot: Stevenage
Stevenage was designated the first new town on 11 November 1946 with a master plan drawn up putting housing to the east and industry to the west. It was an exciting and innovative idea, and since then the town has flourished and never looked back ...
Hot Spot: Lewisham
With a multitude of regeneration projects on the go, superb transport links and plans for a spanking new revamped centre, Lewisham has suddenly hit the high notes ...
Hot Spot: Basingstoke
The market town of Basingstoke in Hampshire became an 'expanded town' in 1961 and has matured to become a thriving, prosperous community with an above-average standard of living and low unemployment ...
Hot Spot: Ashford
If you live in the county of Kent, you're known either as a Man of Kent or a Kentish Man (for the ladies, it's Maid of Kent or Kentish Maiden) - it all depends whether you live to the east or west of the river Medway. So, if you move to Ashford, which is to the east of the Medway, you would be a Man (or Maid) of Kent ...
Hot Spot: Reading 2011
British and Hollywood movie star Kate Winslet once famously said this - was she talking about the opportunities on offer in her hometown of Reading? ...
Hot Spot: Birmingham
This thriving city, a major force behind the 18th-century industrial revolution, has recently seen some dramatic changes ...

Hot Spot: Greenwich
The privileged citizens of Greenwich can rightfully claim that every new day of planet earth o...
Hot Spot: Manchester
More sun-dried tomatoes than mushy peas, the gentrification of this old industrial city means ...
Hot Spot: Brighton
Sandwiched between the sea and the South Downs, Brighton has long been a favourite seaside des...
Hot Spot: East London
In a sentence Home to a thriving arts scene, the best of London's nightlife and property pri...
Hot Spot: Hampshire
Charles Dickens was born here and Jane Austen died here. An historic county, Hampshire's still...
Hot Spot: Reading
A commuter town it may be, but it's certainly not soulless. FTB puts on its Reading glasses an...
Hot Spot: Acton
With the opening of nearby Westfield, the largest in-town shopping and leisure destination in ...
Hot Spot: King's Lynn
The King of Norfolk's castle, this regal gem has charmed its way into the 21st century

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To rent or to buy – that is the question
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