A property website says there has been a 10.9% increase in prices this year.
Buyers looking to move up the ladder to buy their second property - known in the industry as "second-steppers" - saw the average asking price rise by 10% to £224,470 in the same period.
"My husband and I had to move out of our home town to buy an affordable house. The dream of bringing up my children in the town we both grew up seems to keep being pushed further and further out of reach." "Torfaen is benefiting from people who can't purchase in Newport because of a shortage of houses there - Newport and that part of the M4 corridor.Buyer James Burnett, 30, from Blackwood, Caerphilly county, said the days of putting in a "cheeky offer" were way behind."It's very difficult to find properties, they're snapped up, asking price or over."You've got to get in there first. You've got to make good offers on the spot.
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