Property prices in Brighton and Hove have trebled in ten years, according to a new report.
The average price of a home in Hove rocketed by 175 per cent between 1991 and 2001.
Brighton is not far behind, with values soaring from £58,000 to more than £152,000 - a 164 per cent increase.
Danny Ross, a partner with Callaways estate agents in Hove, said he was not surprised by the findings.
He said: "We have the piers and the architecture and the infrastructure that a lot of places on the coast do not."
He said only Bournemouth compared and it was further from London.
He estimated that prices had risen by 18 to 20 per cent in the city in the last 18 months.
The survey by the Halifax placed Hove seventh nationally and Brighton 14th in a house price rises league table.
Top of the list were Thames Ditton in Surrey and Teddington, Greater London.
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