Property hotspots - where will prices rise most?

Last year was a mixed bag for property, when runaway prices in the first half of the year gave way to wobbles in the second. The experts are predicting that things will be much calmer overall in 2015 - with prices rising somewhere between 2% and 5%.

However, as always with property, the overall average disguises a myriad of different stories on the local level. Amidst this modest growth, there will be some areas where we can expect much stronger surges. We identify 10 candidates for the title of 'property hotspot' this year...

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In Scotland, Edinburgh is seen as a city with huge growth potential. In 2014, prices in Edinburgh were up 10% in a post referendum boom that shows little sign of slowing down.

Local agents are not expecting quite such stellar growth for the next 12 months, but they think price rises will be well above the average predicted for the whole country.

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