For the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, eight towns including Colchester and Doncaster in England, Dunfermline in Scotland, and Bangor in Northern Ireland, were awarded city status. A prestigious achievement indeed – and historic data suggests that homeowners in these new Platinum Jubilee cities could see a welcome boost to the value of their homes. This is according to research1 which looked at house prices in towns that were awarded city status as part of the Millennium Competition in 2000, and the Queen’s Golden and Diamond Jubilees in 2002 and 2012.
For example, house prices in Newport, Wales (which became a city as part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations in 2002) soared by 29% in the year that followed.
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Overall, being awarded city status has led to an average 12% boost to house prices the year after, in the nine towns that became cities in 2000, 2002 and 2012. For Milton Keynes residents, with a current average house price of £315,000, this could mean a boost of nearly £37,000 to the value of their home!
- Boomin, 2022
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🚨 Data accurate as of the date of publication – 12.08.2022.
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Source: Quilter Financial Planning – Essentially Mortgages Q3 2022
