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Street Names and Home Values

Author Ryan Logan

cording to a new study, houses on streets with embarrassing names sell for less than similar houses on streets with normal names.

Want to get yourself a good house for CHEAP?  Just find one on a street like Weiner Cutoff Road in Weiner, Arkansas . . . Butt Road in Fort Wayne, Indiana . . . or Katie Crotch Road in New Portland, Maine?  Yes, those are all real.

According to a new study, houses on streets with EMBARRASSING names sell for less than similar houses on streets with normal names.

Some students in Australia analyzed 47 years of property records and found that houses on embarrassing streets sell for an average of 20% below their market value.  That’s pretty significant . . . you’d get $100,000 off of a $500,000 house.

The study also found that 33% of people say they absolutely would NOT live on a street with a funny or sexual name.

Hey It’s Ryan, let me start off by saying…YES, I was born and raised in Wixom, Michigan although a lot of listeners like to joke that I am from Arizona. WCSX has always been my radio home, I have been at the station since I was a 23-year-old intern, co-host of Big Jim’s House, married with kids. Family and radio are what I love, but don’t get me started on golf! Like some, I have become obsessed with golf and you can hear all about that on “The Ball Washer Pod” right here on WCSX. One of my other passions is helping out the Vets. Since coming to WCSX I have been apart of raising hundreds of thousands for local vet groups. Other than that, I am a goofy guy, loving life, my family and talking to you on the radio. Ryan writes about golf, family and what happens on “Big Jim’s House.”

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