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What’s in a name? Homes on female streets worth more

Nov 23, 2015, 10:31 AM | Updated: Mar 4, 2016, 5:46 am

A homeowner’s street name might have value in itself.

Realtor.com pitted male street names – such as Jackson, Grant, and Cooper – against female street names – Pearl, Elizabeth, and Rose – to determine which street name could hold more value. The online company evaluated property values of listings on its website and found that there are more properties on male streets than female-named streets. However, properties on female streets were found to be more valuable.

Streets with human names have less expensive properties compared to all streets, realtor.com found. The company speculated that the reason that could be due to the fact many of the streets with human names tend to have older houses.

The median year of construction for homes on male streets is 1970; the median year for female streets is 1981.

The following are the top 10 most expensive female street names based on median home values:

Magdalena: $389,900
Isabel: $370,500
Heidi: $349.692
Serena: $339,900
Madeline: $329,500
Dolores: $325,000
Alexandra: $324,500
Abigail: $320,000
Molly: $319,500
Melinda: $312,500

The following 10 are the most expensive male street names based on median home values:

Francisco: $399,900
Raphael: $399,900
Evan: $319,500
Sebastian: $318,000
Kent: $305,000
Marco: $300,000
Jeffrey: $299,000
Rocky: $290,000
Cliff: $284,000
Matthew: $280,000

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