HERE’S a bit of good news on the property front.

You can buy a house for less than than £30,000, according to new research out today.

The bad news (no offence) is that it’s in Burnley, a lovely place no doubt, though I have never been there.

The Lancashire town accounts for four of the five top streets with the lowest house prices in England and Wales.

Angle Street in Burnley has the lowest average house prices at £32,400 with one property in the road selling for just £26,500 in 2010.

Fernhill in Mountain Ash near Merthyr Tydfil (another place I have never been) is the second cheapest road, with homes averaging only £32,700.

The north west dominates the rankings, accounting for 13 of the top 20 most affordable places in which to buy a home.

Five streets are located in the North East and two in Wales but there are none from southern regions.

The average cost of an abode on the ten cheapest streets in London is £106,110, though you can pick up something for £51,600 if you are prepared to move up east and want to live in a place called Austin Avenue in Clacton-on-Sea.

It’s well documented that you cannot buy half a beach hut for 30 big ones in this area, but think of all the delights right on the doorstep.

The lovely beaches, New Forest, Jurassic Coast and the rolling Dorset countryside and that’s just for starters.

With all that to enjoy, who needs a house for thirty grand, even if it is near those two very splendid cities of the north, Liverpool and Manchester?