White-hot housing market has Merseyside suburb at fever pitch
Prices in Wallasey, on the Wirral, are soaring in a nationwide boom fuelled by the stamp duty holiday, but will it last?
Estate agent Russ Smith outside one of Wallasey’s sought-after homes.
All photographs by Richard Saker/the Observer
Estate agent Russ Smith outside one of Wallasey’s sought-after homes.
All photographs by Richard Saker/the Observer
Sat 8 May 2021 11.00 EDT
Homebuyers are scrambling for houses in Britain’s latest property hotspot – on the tip of the Wirral peninsula.
The Merseyside town of Wallasey has over the past year recorded a bigger rise in asking prices than any town or city in Britain, according to the listings site Rightmove. And it’s family homes with gardens – a popular choice during lockdown – that have become must-have assets.