And as new figures from the Land Registry show, the Newbury area is the 29th most expensive property area in the UK, but is still in a different league to the superrich Surrey suburbs, or the celebrity-studded enclaves of Hertfordshire.

Today, newbury.net publishes the top 50 most expensive housing areas, so readers can see how our town compares with other popular areas. Parts of Devon, Dorset, Wiltshire and the midlands are fast catching up with Thames Valley's prices. Would you swap Newbury for the New Forest? Should we be worried about these reports?

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Hot 50 property areas

1.	Windsor		Berks	329,000
2.	Tandridge	Surry	313,000
3.	Waverley	Surry	305,000
4.	Sevenoaks	Kent	295,000
5.	Reigate		Surr	291,000
6.	Guildford	Surry	285,000
7.	St Albans	Herts	285,000
8.	Rickmsworth	Herts	282,000
9.	Surrey Heath	Surry	274,000
10.	Woking		Surry	269,000
11.	Egham		Surr	268,000
12.	Tun Wells	Knt	266,000
13.	Wokingham	Berks	266,000
14.	Epsom		Surry	265,000
15.	Borehamwd	Herts	264,000
16.	Winchester	Hants	263,000
17.	Wycombe		Bucks	260,000
18.	Oxford		Oxon	259,000
19.	Fleet		Hants	256,000
20.	Chichester	Ssx	255,000	
21.	Horsham		Ssx	254,000
22.	E Dorset	Dors	250,000
23.	E Herts		Herts	250,000
24.	Saffron Wld	Essx	249,000
25.	E Hants		Hants	249,000
26.	Welwyn		Herts	242,000
27.	Tonbridge	Knt	241,000
28.	W Oxon		Oxon	239,000
29.	W Berks		Berks	238,000**
30.	New Forest	Hants	237,000	
31.	Christchurch	Dors	237,000
32.	Hemel Hemp	Herts	236,000
33.	Haywards Hth 	Ssx	236,000
34.	Poole		Dors	236,000
35.	Abingdon	Oxon	235,000
36.	S Cambs		Cams	233,000
37.	Stratford	Warks	231,000
38.	Bath 		Avon	229,000
39.	Malvern		Worcs	228,000
40.	S Hams		Dev	227,000	
41.	Staines		Midx	226,000	
42.	Truro		Corn 	225,000
43.	Cambridge	Cambs	224,000
44.	Aylesbury	Bucks	222,000
45.	Test Valley	Hants	220,000
46.	W Dorset	Dors	220,000
47.	Purbeck		Dors	220,000
48.	Salisbury	Wilts	219,000
49.	Kennet		Wilts	219,000
50.	Sutton		Surry	210,000