property prices in Bolton are set to keep rising over the next four years, according to the latest industry forecasts.

Your Mortgage, an independent consumer magazine, has carried out a study which shows Bolton house prices increasing by 8.3 per cent over the next four years.

The figures, included in predictions for Greater Manchester between 2005 and 2009, buck the trend in most parts of the country where prices are starting to level out following the house price boom.

Andrew Stuart, editor-in-chief of Your Mortgage, said: "The UK has generally seen massive house price inflation over the last few years and we are starting to see that trend abate.

"Latest predictions show that prices in some areas are levelling out but elsewhere there may be depreciations in house prices."

He added: "However, Greater Manchester and the North-west seem to have side-stepped this trend with house prices growing at a steady rate."

Bury is forecasted to see property prices increase the most in Greater Manchester with a 9.9 per cent increase over the same period.

The outlook is also positive for Wigan which is expected to see an escalation in the price of an average property, rising 8.6 per cent overall.

Salford and Manchester fare equally as well with healthy rises of 8.5 per cent forecasted.