the borough are now worth around 12 per cent more than they were last year. Listings this month asking for an average of £175,202 - compared to February 2020, when the average asking price was just £157,031.Huge demand when coronavirus rules allowed house sales to resume saw buyers embroiled in bidding wars paying well above the asking price.Joel Edgerton, director at Regan and Hallworth estate agents, said: “Wigan has undoubtedly seen huge price growth, especially towards the end of last year when the market was absolutely booming.“I’ve been an estate agent in Wigan – the land of the pies – for 23 years and it was probably the busiest six months I’ve ever known the market to be."Lots of properties were coming on, and then selling quickly..
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