8:33am Wednesday 11th March 2009
By Jo Winrow
Last month Bradford recorded the fifth biggest jump in the UK for new properties coming on to the market.
According to new figures the district saw a 216 per cent increase in homes for sale. Towns and cities in the north saw by far the largest increases in new instructions.
In total 91,659 new properties came onto the market last month compared to 60,978 new properties in January. The figure for last month was the largest number of new properties for sale since April 2008.
Other areas which saw large increases were Barnsley (476 per cent), Norwich (320 per cent), Rotherham (283 per cent) and Huddersfield (243 per cent).
Manchester saw the most new instructions, registering 1,713 new properties in February compared to 765 in January, according to a property search website.
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