Houses in streets with Egg in the name fetch more than homes in Easter roads

HOUSES IN streets which have the word Easter in them typically sell for just over £225,000, analysis has found.

Researchers from estate agents Savills looked at Land Registry figures throughout England and Wales between 2000 and late 2020 to find average selling prices for properties in streets with Easter-related names.

Those with the word Bunny in the name sold for about £100,000 more typically, at £330,679.

Properties with Egg in the street name were snapped up for even more on average, at £339,492.

With house prices varying hugely, homes in some streets sold for much higher than the average for locations with a particular Easter-related word.

For example, the average selling price of a home in Hopgarden Lane, Sevenoaks, Kent, over the past 20 years, was £1,057,618.

The average selling price of a property with the word Hop in the location generally was £225,618.

In Bunny Hall Park, in Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, the average house selling price was £665,909.

Writing in an online blog about the findings, Savills analyst Frances Clacy said: “Ahead of the Easter weekend, I took a look at different locations with related names and found there were plenty up and down the country, from Bunny Lane, in Wiltshire, to High Easter, in Essex.

“The five words included in my Land Registry search were: bunny, chick, Easter, egg and hop. I am by no means suggesting there is a premium for living in a home with one of these names.”

The origins of streets with Hop in the name could be traced back to the nation’s brewing trade.

She added: “This is of course a nod to the British passion for all things beer, as hop or oast houses were originally used for drying hops before they were sent to the brewery.”

The research also discovered that properties in streets linked to the word Chick sold for an average of £311,518.