There has a been a rise by a little more than a third in the price of houses in North Lanarkshire, especially in the regions of Coatbridge and West Dunbartonshire. Scottish locations have the highest number of areas with growing house prices with nine out of twenty.

In the process, there is now a narrower difference between the rates of land in Scotland and South England. The ratio between the house prices in South England and the house prices in Scotland was 2.1:1 in ’04. Now that has come down 2:1. A bank said that nine of the towns on the top twenty list were in Scotland this year. The average rate of house price growth is anticipated to go beyond the overall rate now in the United Kingdom. Surprisingly, it is more affordable than most areas in the United Kingdom. The following are the UK's twenty highest increase rates :

 Name of the place - Area - Percentage of rise

Coatbridge Scotland  35

Alexandria  Scotland  35

Wednesbury  West Midlands  31

Cupar  Scotland  31

Lochgelly Scotland  31 
 
Holyhead  Wales  30 

Downpatrick  Northern Ireland  29

Glenrothes  Scotland  28 
 
Leven  Scotland  26 
 
Peterhead  Scotland  25 
 
Irvine Scotland  24
 
Bootle North West England  23
 
Port Talbot Wales  22 
 
 Londonderry Northern Ireland  22

 Aberdeen Scotland  21 
 
Antrim  Northern Ireland  20 
 
Cleckheaton Yorkshire and Humberside  20

 Armagh Northern Ireland  20 
 
 Barrow In Furness North of England  19

 Cirencester  South West England  18