EastEnders tops property value list with average Albert Square brick ‘worth nearly £150’

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EastEnders beats Britain’s other major soaps when it comes to property values, a report has found

With the average brick in a home on Albert Square estimated to be worth nearly £150, many of the soap’s fictional characters would find themselves priced out of the property market there in real life.

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The research, carried out by the Centre for Economics and Business Research for Barclays Mortgages, put Emmerdale in second place in the “battle of the bricks”, with the typical brick in a home in the Yorkshire Dales valued at nearly £50.

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The average brick in a home on Albert Square is estimated to be worth nearly £150

Hollyoaks was in third place, with the average brick in a home there valued at just over £35.

It is remarkable to see that the continued increase in value of London properties

Craig Calder

Barclays said one home in Albert Square could be worth more than four properties in rival soap destination Coronation Street, based on the average property sizes in these locations.

The research looked at typical property values and sizes in various locations across Britain to make the findings.

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Albert Square could be worth more than four properties in rival soap destination Coronation Street

For EastEnders, it looked at properties in East London, for Hollyoaks it looked at those in Chester and for Coronation Street it looked at properties in Salford.

For Welsh language soap Pobol y Cwm, which features the fictional community of Cwmderi, researchers looked at properties in the Cardiff area calculating a brick was worth just under £21 while for BBC Scotland Glasgow-based drama River City it came out at nearly £23. 

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For Welsh language soap Pobol y Cwm, researchers looked at prioperties in Cardiff

Craig Calder, director of Barclays Mortgages, said: “It is remarkable to see that the continued increase in value of London properties means a typical resident would be able to purchase multiple properties in less expensive regions across the country.”