ELM STREET IS A NIGHTMARE FOR HOMEOWNERS: MORE THAN HALF OF THE ELM STREETS IN THE UK HAVE HAD NO HOUSE SALES SINCE LAST HALLOWEEN
- Nightmare on Elm Street: 54% of the UK’s 79 Elm Streets have seen no house sales over the past 12 months, while one in seven Elm Streets have seen no properties sold in 10 years
- The average price on 79 Elm Streets across the UK is £191,888 — 18% lower than the UK average of £232,797*
- Full list of 79 Elm Streets and house sales in the past 1, 5 and 10 years in ‘Notes to Editors’
London, 30th October 2018 — It really is a nightmare to own a home on Elm Street, or so it appears, as more than half (54%) of the 79 Elm Streets in the UK have had no property sales since last Halloween, according to new research conducted by online estate agents Housesimple.com.
Elm Street is synonymous with the 1984 slasher movie Nightmare on Elm Street, and with less than 24 hours before Halloween, HouseSimple.com thought it might be interesting – and hopefully not too spine-chilling – to look into the number of house sales on all Elm Streets across the UK over the past 12 months, five and ten years, to see if a something a little bit spooky might be occurring.
It didn’t take much digging to discover there have been no registered house sales in 10 years on 1 in 7 of the 79 Elm Streets in the UK, with streets in Manchester, Belfast, Glasgow, all seemingly cursed by the connection with a certain Freddy Krueger.
And with average property prices across Elm Streets standing at £191,888, 17.6% lower than the UK average of £232,797*, local property markets might need a little supernatural intervention to give them a kick-start.
Sam Mitchell, CEO of online estate agents Housesimple.com, comments:
“What’s in a name? Well, if the number of properties sold on Elm Streets over the past decade is anything to go by, perhaps more than we might realise.
“It’s difficult to pinpoint the exact reason for the low numbers of house sales on Elm Streets. Perhaps there aren’t many properties on the streets, or maybe people love living there so much, that they don’t want to move.
“But I wouldn’t be surprised if a few prospective buyers have been a little nervous about the prospect of living on such an infamously-named street.
“Fortunately, not everyone is spooked by Halloween and with Elm Street prices below the UK average, there could be some good value properties to be snapped up. Just check your neighbour’s name isn’t Mr F Kruger.”
Housesimple.com used Zoopla data for this research.
* According to the latest Land Registry, the average price of a UK property is £232,797 (August 2018)
House sales and average prices on all 79 Elm Streets in the UK
| Street | Current average value | Sales – last 12 months | Sales – last 5 years | Sales – last 10 years |
| Elm Street, Haslingden, Rossendale BB4 | £171,556 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elm Street, Swinton, Manchester M27 | £164,270 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elm Street, Belfast BT7 | £183,160 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elm Street, Blantyre, Glasgow G72 | £168,986 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elm Street, Ellesmere Port CH65 | 139,098 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elm Street, Coatbridge ML5 | £128,234 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elm Street, Birkenhead CH41 | £91,629 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elm Street, London WC1X | £797,891 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elm Street, Nelson BB9 | £108,061 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elm Street, Bacup OL13 | £123,397 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elm Street, Wolverhampton WV3 | £210,617 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Elm Street, Littleborough OL15 | 183,839 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Elm Street, Stamford PE9 | £346,222 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elm Street, Lennoxtown, Glasgow G66 | £201,061 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Elm Street, Gilfach Goch, Porth CF39 | £124,266 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Elm Street, Seaton Burn, Newcastle upon Tyne NE13 | £231,442 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Elm Street, Ramsbottom, Bury BL0 | £226,333 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Elm Street, Eccles, Manchester M30 | £169,920 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Elm Street, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 | £117,444 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Elm Street, Stirling FK8 | £236,842 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Elm Street, Northwich CW9 | £239,514 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Elm Street, Heywood OL10 | £138,237 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Elm Street, Temple Normanton, Chesterfield S42 | £224,230 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Elm Street, Willenhall WV13 | £139,670 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Elm Street, West Mickley, Stocksfield NE43 | £348,338 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Elm Street, Clarkston, Glasgow G76 | £262,000 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Elm Street, Whitworth, Rochdale OL12 | £158,706 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Elm Street, Tyldesley, Manchester M29 | £180,947 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Elm Street, Hull HU5 | £122,486 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Elm Street, Leigh WN7 | £129,318 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Elm Street, Huddersfield HD4 | £158,902 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Elm Street, Wellingborough NN8 | £196,311 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Elm Street, Oxenhope, Keighley BD22 | £172,455 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Elm Street, Derby DE1 | £162,450 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Elm Street, Blackburn BB1 | £131,437 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Elm Street, Dunbar EH42 | £254,882 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Elm Street, Cambridge CB1 | £432,765 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Elm Street, Chard TA20 | £262,893 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Elm Street, Dereham NR20 | £296,523 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Elm Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme ST5 | £173,420 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Elm Street, Abercwmboi, Aberdare CF44 | £121,841 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Elm Street, Bury BL9 | £158,476 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Elm Street, Fleetwood FY7 | £117,798 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Elm Street, Cwm, Ebbw Vale NP23 | £111,882 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Elm Street, Kirriemuir DD8 | £171,434 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Elm Street, Ipswich IP1 | £221,904 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| Elm Street, Rawtenstall, Rossendale BB4 | £171,556 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Elm Street, Holywell Green, Halifax HX4 | £222,382 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Elm Street, Rochdale OL12 | £158,706 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Elm Street, Aberbargoed, Bargoed CF81 | £101,076 | 2 | 8 | 9 |
| Elm Street, Great Harwood, Blackburn BB6 | £176,799 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Elm Street, Cheltenham GL51 | £279,608 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| Elm Street, Troedyrhiw, Merthyr Tydfil CF48 | £121,919 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Elm Street, Sunniside, Newcastle upon Tyne NE16 | £192,689 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| Elm Street, Leeds LS6 | £244,260 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Elm Street, Ferndale CF43 | £68,475 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| Elm Street, Rhydyfelin, Pontypridd CF37 | £129,539 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| Elm Street, Burnley BB10 | £118,156 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| Elm Street, Failsworth, Manchester M35 | £145,869 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Elm Street, Peterborough PE2 | £205,130 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| Elm Street, Middleton, Manchester M24 | £154,741 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| Elm Street, Shrewsbury SY1 | £194,465 | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| Elm Street, Selby YO8 | £207,052 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| Elm Street, Langley Park, Durham DH7 | £139,118 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| Elm Street, Buckingham MK18 | £409,645 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| Elm Street, Colne BB8 | £139,505 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Elm Street, Chester Le Street DH3 | £168,199 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| Elm Street, Jarrow NE32 | £130,529 | 1 | 10 | 15 |
| Elm Street, Borrowash, Derby DE72 | £266,160 | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| Elm Street, Dundee DD2 | £181,075 | 0 | 10 | 15 |
| Elm Street, Skelmanthorpe, Huddersfield HD8 | £247,400 | 4 | 10 | 18 |
| Elm Street, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent ST6 | £110,924 | 2 | 15 | 22 |
| Elm Street, Hoyland, Barnsley S74 | £139,780 | 4 | 11 | 18 |
| Elm Street, Whiteinch, Glasgow G14 | £179,405 | 0 | 7 | 18 |
| Elm Street, Bredbury, Stockport SK6 | £270,458 | 0 | 8 | 20 |
| Elm Street, Hollingwood, Chesterfield S43 | £158,847 | 3 | 17 | 29 |
| Elm Street, South Moor, Stanley DH9 | £102,849 | 3 | 15 | 27 |
| Elm Street, Roath, Cardiff CF24 | £191,932 | 4 | 31 | 43 |
| Elm Street, Errol, Perth PH2 | £217,797 | 3 | 33 | 64 |
| AVERAGE | £191,888 | 68 | 410 | 595 |