INVERCLYDE is home to the four cheapest properties for sale in the whole of the UK - with one on the market for just £4,000.

The rundown Clune Park area in Port Glasgow is home to three one-bedroom flats which could all be snapped up for around £15,000 - less than the cost of a new Ford Focus.

They are joined at the bottom of the country's property ladder by another one bedroom flat in Hay Street, Greenock.

But local Councillor David Wilson, who lives in Port Glasgow, says those rock bottom house prices are an an unfair reflection on a town whose stock is on the up.

He said: "I don't think you will be able to buy a house in Port Glasgow for these prices in ten years time. Port Glasgow is definitely a place on the up.

"Houses in the town generally are not on the market for long these days. People are snapping them up fast.

"Look at how busy the retail park is, you just have to look at the car park every day to see people are coming to shop there in their droves. We have great transport links and we now have the busiest train station in Inverclyde.

"Port Glasgow was neglected for so many years and has been in Greenock's shadow for too long. Now it is Port Glasgow's turn so I would think house prices like these won't be around for much longer."

The three cheapest properties for sale are listed as Bruce Street, £4,000, Robert Street, £5,500 and Maxwell Street £6,000.

Hay Street is for sale at £10,500.

The Port homes are only a few minutes drive from the retail park which is home to the household names like M&S and Next.

Across the road is the sought-after Kingston Dock housing development where a three bed semi-detached will set house hunters back by at least £160,000.

Clune Park has long been considered an blight on the town and remains at the centre of dispute between Inverclyde Council, who want to see all the flats demolished, and private landlords who own properties there.

In recent years the saga ended up in the courts, with the landlords wining their battle to stop compulsory orders being imposed.

Council leader Stephen McCabe has made fresh calls for an end to the stand off.

His fellow Port Glasgow councillor also says that a solution has to be found.

Mr Wilson added: "We have to find a way to settle this amicably with a reasonable price offered that would satisfy landlords and would allow demolitions to take place.

"I think the people of Port Glasgow still expect something to be done about Clune Park."