This is the best-selling house number in the UK
Have you ever thought that the door number of your home or the name of the road you live on may have an impact on your house value? Well, according to a new study, it does.
In the past year, over 1.19 million houses were sold in the UK, with 63% of households in Britain said to own their own home.
After analysing the Price Paid Data of 1,000 homes from Land Registry, research from Boiler Plan has uncovered that certain street names and door numbers can help sell your home.
For example, the average house with an odd door number sells for £30,258 more (£290,664) than those with even door numbers (£260,406). Surprisingly, unlucky number '13' isn’t so unlucky when it comes to selling houses, either.
Read on to find out the bestselling number, street name and even location in the UK. Are you one of the lucky ones?
Odd house numbers are worth £30,258 more than even numbers
Number 1, 5, 11 and 9 (along with 6) are the most sold house numbers in Britain, research found. If you were to sell your odd-numbered home, you could potentially earn more money from the sale.
The top five most sold odd-numbered homes reached an average of £290,664, compared to just £260,406 for the five most sold even numbers. That’s a huge difference of £30,258 (12 per cent).
Unlucky number 13 isn’t so unlucky when it comes to selling your house
While many people consider the number 13 to be unlucky, it’s not so unlucky if you happen to live at number 13 and are looking to sell your home.
Zoe Kenworthy, Director of Sales and Lettings at Patrick Oliver, said: "We have found that sometimes superstitious numbers such as 13 in the UK, can have a negative impact but we've never found it prevents a property from being sold."
The number 13 is, in fact, the 10th most sold house in Britain, in joint place with 12 and 8, with 2% of homes sold in the UK boasting the digit.
Number 1 is the best-selling house number in the UK
If you live at number one, you are one of the 'lucky' ones. According to Boiler Plan’s research, number one is the best house to live at when it comes to selling your home.
Of the 1,000 homes sold in the past year, 4% (34) had the door number 'one'. Properties with the number 6 were a very close second, with 33 houses sold boasting the numeral. Meanwhile, number 5, 11 and 9 came in third and joint fourth respectively.
Houses with single digit house numbers sell for £34,073 more than triple digits
Those living in homes boasting a single digit can expect £34,073 more when it comes to selling than those living in properties with a triple-digit house number.
In the past year, triple-digit homes have reached an average of £239,427, compared to £273,500 (a 12%increase) for single numbers.
It’s also the same story for properties boasting double digits, with these homes selling for an average of £268,593 – £4,907 less (2%) than single house numbers.
Streets with ‘Road’ in the name are 43 per cent more likely to sell in the UK
After analysing Land Registry data, it was uncovered that street suffix names featuring the word 'Road' are most likely to sell in the UK – some 43% (328) of all properties studied included Road in the street name, spanning a myriad of locations.
Coming in second, however, was the suffix name 'Close', with 103 (14%) properties boasting 'Close' in the name sold in the past year. Street, Avenue and Lane were in third, fourth, and fifth place respectively.
Elsewhere, only one house was sold in the past year with 'Pleasant' in the street name. Similarly, only two homes were sold boasting the names 'Hollow', 'Villas', 'Mews' and 'Acre'.
But, that’s not to say you can’t sell your home based on its street name, as Zoe Kenworthy explains: "We have found that our clients are sometimes driven by a street's reputation rather than the actual name of it."
London, Bristol, Nottingham, Leeds and Manchester saw more properties sold than anywhere else in the UK
The research also revealed which UK cities experienced the most houses sold, with London claiming the top title, reaching an average of £1,005,790.
Bristol took the second spot, accounting for three per cent of houses sold in the past year. The average price for homes sold in Bristol was £350,323 – a £655,467 difference compared to the average price in London.
Nottingham had the third most sold properties, costing an average of £102,836. In fourth place was Leeds and then Manchester.
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