Lloyds Bank has issued its latest property sales report which is based on data from the Land Registry and covers 400 towns and London boroughs.

The hotspots are those areas that recorded an increase in home sales during the 10 months to October 2014 compared with the same period the year before.

Home sales overall were up 21 per cent in 2014 with more than 750,000 properties sold. But it is the areas which saw the biggest jump in sales that are perhaps most notable.

Top of the list is Daventry in the East Midlands. Slough is also in the top 10.

Here are the 10 towns which saw the highest percentage increase in property sales in 2013/14

1. Daventry, East Midlands – 56 per cent. 2. Alfreton, East Midlands – 53 per cent. 3. Pudsey, Yorkshire and the Humber – 51 per cent. 4. Sutton in Ashfield, East Midlands – 50 per cent. 5. Selby, Yorkshire and the Humber – 48 per cent. 6. Corby, East Midlands – 47 per cent. 7. Margate, South East – 46 per cent. 8. Slough, South East – 45 per cent. 9. Wickford, South East – 44 per cent. 10. Clacton on Sea, South East – 44 per cent.