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House prices in Edinburgh and Glasgow have boomed as workers returned to the office. The two Scots cities are among several places across the UK to have driven house price growth this year, beating out the suburban areas.

Since the start of the year, property prices across Britain's cities have typically grown by 9.2 per cent, compared with 7.9 per cent growth on average in surrounding areas, according to the data from Halifax.Edinburgh saw average prices jump to £276,831 in September, up 12.9 per cent since January, while areas surrounding the capital saw a 6.1 per cent jump.In Glasgow, the average winning bid for properties was £173,331, up 8.5 per cent, and compared to a 4.6 per cent increase seen in the suburbs of Scotland's largest city.In England, Sheffield saw the biggest jump in prices for city-centre properties, leaping 18.9 per cent to reach £228,353, while London was up 6.8 per cent to £612,582.Andrew Asaam, mortgages director at Halifax, said a trend of people seeking to live in greener spaces, which was seen early on in the coronavirus pandemic, had remained.He said: "That trend didn't disappear completely this year, as house price growth in these areas remained strong."But, as daily life started to get back to normal for many, the opportunity to live in cities became more attractive again, driving up demand."There's evidence of this in locations across the country, with property-price inflation in the majority of cities outstripping increases in their surrounding areas."Clearly, the economic environment has changed considerably in the last few months, with the likelihood of more significant downward pressure on house prices, as the cost-of-living squeeze and higher borrowing costs limit demand."The extent

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