Scottish town named cheapest in the UK for first-time buyers

Kilmarnock in East Ayrshire was named alongside several other towns in Scotland, including Greenock in Inverclyde and East Kilbride near Glasgow.

While Scottish spots dominated the list, there were a few locations in England that made the cut, including Blackpool and Burnley.

The average asking price for a typical first-time buyer home in Kilmarnock was found to be just over £84,000. 

Greenock, East Kilbride and more were also listed among the cheapest (Image: Getty) This made properties here slightly cheaper than those in Greenock, where the average asking price was around £88,000.

Further down the ranking was Paisley, where houses cost little under £100,000 and other Scottish spots like Ayr.

In another list highlighting the average asking price of a home in nations and regions across Britain, Scotland was found to be one of the cheapest with homes costing around £140,000 on average.

For comparison, London, which was the most expensive location, had an average asking price of around half a million.

See the cheapest towns in the UK for first-time buyers 

These are the cheapest towns in the whole of the UK for first-time buyers looking to get on the property ladder, according to new data from Rightmove.

Kilmarnock, Ayrshire
Price: £84,325
Change: -1.0%

Greenock, Inverclyde
Price: £88,862
Change: +0.7%

Grimsby, Lincolnshire
Price: £93,427
Change: -1.2%

Blackpool, Lancashire
Price: £93,711
Change: 0.0%

Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
Price: £95,473
Change: +0.8%

Paisley was named the seventh cheapest place in the UK for those looking to get on the property ladder (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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Hartlepool
Price: £99,525
Change: +10.7%

Paisley, Renfrewshire
Price: £99,570
Change: +2.3%

East Kilbride, Glasgow
Price: £100,814
Change: +4.1%

Ayr, Ayrshire
Price: £101,391
Change: +1.0%

Burnley, Lancashire
Price: £102,848
Change: +6.2%

This data includes the average asking price of a typical first-time buyer home as well as the changes to this since last year.