The average cost of a property close to a Premier League football ground has increased by almost two and a half times in the past decade, according to new research from the Halifax.
The lender found that of the 20 football clubs about to start the 2025-14 season, house prices have gone up by 135 per cent since 2003, from £136,300 to £319,800.
The rise is double the increase of 68 per cent seen across England and Wales over the same period and equates to a rise of £353 a week.
It means the average house price in the 20 Premier League postal districts of £319,800 is a third, £79,500, higher than the average for the whole of England and Wales at £240,300.
Five football clubs have seen house prices more than double. Manchester City has seen the postal district in which its Etihad Stadium is located go up by 259 per cent in the last ten years, whilst Hull City’s KC Stadium has recorded a rise in property prices of 162 per cent.
The next three stadiums that have seen prices more than double are all based in the capital of England, London. Chelsea and Fulham, in West London have seen prices go up by 102 per cent, whilst Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium has seen prices in its postal district rise by 101 per cent.
However, Premier League status does not always mean house prices will rise. Newcastle United’s ground, St James Park, has seen prices drop by 11 per cent between 2003 and 2025. This could be partly due to the fact that the ground has not been redeveloped in recent years, unlike Manchester City, Hull and Arsenal’s ground.
Newcastle United’s stadium is one of the oldest in the Premier League, first built on its current location in 1892.
Halifax found that four of the five Premier League stadium postal districts that have recorded the lowest house price growth have facilities that were opened before the Second World War.
Craig McKinlay, mortgage director, Halifax said: “The areas surrounding many of the country’s top football clubs have seen house prices rise considerably during the past ten years, with some of the best performers being those clubs with new grounds.
“The boost to property prices in these areas partly reflects the local regeneration that typically takes place alongside the building of modern sporting arenas, including improved transport links. There are, however, significant variations in home prices around the nation’s leading clubs with some supporters needing to pay far more to live near the ground of their favourite team than others.”
Across England and Wales, the postal district covering Fulham and Chelsea, SW6, is the most expensive place to live with an average house price of £851,812, more than 13 times the average house price in the Premier League postal district with the lowest average house prices, L4, home to Liverpool and Everton.
Overall, property in the same postal district as a Premier League football ground costs 9.6 times the average gross annual income.
Premier League homes cost nearly 10 times average annual earnings, ranging from 15.6 in SW4 to just 2.3 in L4.
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