According to figures released by the Halifax, and celebrated in the Newham Recorder, Newham house prices have risen 281% in the last ten years, outstripping every other area in London. Amazingly, even after these gains, the average house price in the borough is "just" £189,660, making it the second cheapest London borough (after Barking & Dagenham). With the Olympics affecting prices in the area, it suggests there's still plenty more room for growth in Newham.

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A call to Newham residents - please sniff your neighbours [August 10]

Catching up on our friends at Londonist yesterday revealed this fascinating story about London's own South East Asian mafia drug fields - otherwise known as Newham. Apparently, with as many as 82 cannabis factories discovered locally since April, Newham Vice has appealed to locals to go out and sniff the air for skunk.