Barry in South Wales has been identified as a top property hotspot for growth in house sellers' asking prices over the past year.
The average price tag on a home in the seaside town, which is within commuting distance to Cardiff, has jumped by 10.6% annually, according to property website Rightmove.
It said the average asking price in Barry, a setting for the BBC sitcom Gavin And Stacey, has jumped by more than a fifth over the past five years and now stands at £191,050.
Barry Island - viewed here from Cardiff Bay - has leapt to prominence since appearing on Gavin and Stacey
Average house prices are now more than £190,000 having leapt ten per cent in a year
Rightmove's property expert Miles Shipside said: 'It's great to see Barry named as the country's hottest property market right now.
'It's a great tourist spot thanks to the popularity of Gavin And Stacey, and not forgetting Barry also boasts some quite stunning coastal views.'
Some recent reports have suggested that the scrapping of the Severn tolls linking South Wales with the South West of England will encourage more home buyers to look for properties on the Welsh side of the border - where they may find more value than they would in England.
Andrew Fenton, sales director at Vale of Glamorgan-based Chris Davies estate agents, said: 'Barry is the place to be so I'm not at all surprised by Rightmove's findings.
'Property prices here compared with Cardiff and its suburbs are comparatively reasonable.'
Gavin and Stacey (L-R: Mathew Horne as Gavin, Joanna Page as Stacey, James Corden as Smithy and Ruth Jones as Nessa) included many scenes set in Barry
Here are the top five property hotspots, according to Rightmove, with the average asking price and the year-on-year increase:
1. Barry, £191,050, 10.6%
2. Wednesbury, £151,667, 10.1%
3. Llandudno, £212,400, 10.1%
4. Kidderminster, £200,343, 10.0%
5. Leigh, £137,614, 9.7%
And here are the five places with the biggest decreases in asking prices over the past year in Rightmove's study, with the average asking price and the year-on-year decrease:
1. Esher, £958,012, minus 6.7%
2. Banbury, £248,462, minus 6.6%
3. Leatherhead, £566,625, minus 6.3%
4. Sandhurst, £409,370, minus 5.5%
5. Woking, £491,007, minus 5.1%
He said the area has seen a lot of economic growth and has good schools.
