New data on house prices published

It shows the average house price (houses and flats) per square metre in Boston in 2016 was £1,392, up on £1,311 in the previous year.

The figure is the second lowest among local authorities in the county, sitting slightly above West Lindsey’s average of £1,381.

Across England and Wales, the highest figure last year was Kensington and Chelsea, in London, on about £19,000, with Blaenau Gwent, in Wales, the lowest on £777.