article_snippet: House prices have increased by as much as 40 per cent in some areas in the past two years as the market has recovered, while pay rises have stagnated.
article_snippet: Now research shows that in a fifth of local council areas, the average rise in property prices in 2013 and 2014 exceeded the take-home pay of an average employee.
article_snippet: The most dramatic example was in Hammersmith and Fulham, where house prices rose by £143,232 more than house prices owners earned over the two-year period.
article_snippet: Homes in the London borough went up by £199,930 – or 40 per cent – in 2013 and 2014, easily exceeding average take-home earnings in the area of £56,698 for the two years.
article_snippet: Wandsworth, where houses earned £102,760 more than three other London boroughs owners over the two years; Ealing (£90,401); Kensington and Chelsea (£89,642).
article_snippet: Houses like these in Hammersmith and Fulham have seen the biggest rise in value over the last two years (stock image)
article_snippet: How Houses like these in Hammersmith and Fulham stand:
article_snippet: Hammersmith and Fulham top the chart for property price rises in 2013 and 2014 with some homes increasing by nearly £200,000 .
article_snippet: Eight London boroughs appeared in the top ten for house price rises outstripping wages.
article_snippet: Council areas in the East of England – in Hertforshire, Cambridgeshire and East Anglia – dominated the top ten outside London and the South East for house price rises outstripping wages.
highlights_snippet: Property price rises in fifth of council areas exceed average earnings .
  