HOUSES in the county have increased in price more than any other Yorkshire county since the financial crash in 2008 according to latest research.

Claims that house price growth has increased over the last ten years have come from market research led by Housesimple.com.

The online estate agency said North Yorkshire's house prices had increased by 17.7 percent whilst the East, West and South Yorkshire county's rose on average by around 14 percent.

Darren Matthewson of Housesimple in North Yorkshire said: "It’s been a healthy year for property markets across Yorkshire as the north of England in general has seen a mini house price boom.

"The first-time buyer market has been particularly strong, helped by Government schemes such as Help to Buy and a wealth of affordable property stock.

"And investors have been flocking to northern urban areas in search of more attractive rental yields than offered in the south.

"There’s a lot of pent-up buyer demand that built-up in December ready to be released, and we envisage there being plenty of homeowners looking to secure a sale before the end of March – with continued low unemployment and interest rates, market conditions are attractive, and in the end, life has to go on, in the wider economy.”