The average house price in the postal districts of the 20 clubs kicking-off the 2013/14 season next weekend has increased from £136,300 in 2003 to £319,800 in 2013, almost two and a half times over the last ten years.

Halifax said this is equivalent to a weekly rise of £353 and is double the 68% increase in house prices across England and Wales as a whole over the same period.

Craig McKinlay, mortgage director at 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.”

The biggest increase has been close to the home of 2011/12 champions, Manchester City, with the average home value in the postal district of the Etihad Stadium rising by 259% over the decade.

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The area around newly promoted Hull City’s KC Stadium has seen the second biggest increase with a rise in average property prices of 162%. Chelsea and Fulham recorded the third biggest rises (both 102%), followed by Arsenal (101%).

Newcastle United finished bottom of the Premier League house price table with the average value of properties close to its home ground falling by 11% between 2003 and 2013; the only stadium to record a decline in prices over the past decade.

All five of the least affordable Premier League postal districts are in the capital. 

Ten year % change in house prices in postal districts of the 20 Premier league team stadia for the 2013/14 season  

Club	Stadium	Year Opened/ first Occupied	Average House Price 2003(£)	Average House Price 2013 (£)	Ten year % Change
Manchester City	Etihad	2003(1)	24,894	89,489	259%
Hull City	KC Stadium	2002	28,781	75,517	162%
Chelsea	Stamford Bridge	1905	421,791	851,812	102%
Fulham	Craven Cottage	1896	421,791	851,812	102%
Arsenal	Emirates	2006	319,556	641,665	101%
Sunderland	Stadium of Light	1997	46,457	91,611	97%
Liverpool	Anfield	1884	32,443	63,974	97%
Everton	Goodison Park	1892	32,443	63,974	97%
Stoke City	Britannia Stadium	1997	59,722	110,779	85%
Tottenham Hotspur	White Hart Lane	1899	161,287	284,713	77%
Swansea City	The Liberty Stadium	2005	60,535	105,995	75%
Manchester United	Old Trafford	1910	105,749	178,545	69%
Aston Villa	Villa Park	1897	58,686	98,919	69%
West Bromwich Albion	The Hawthorns	1900	77,975	120,841	55%
Cardiff City	Cardiff City Stadium	2009	117,123	171,270	46%
Crystal Palace	Selhurst Park	1925	139,710	198,463	42%
West Ham United	Upton Park	1904	142,333	193,734	36%
Norwich City	Carrow Road	1935	122,171	164,332	35%
Southampton	St Mary’s	2001	143,796	170,074	18%
Newcastle United	Sports Direct Arena(2)	1892	152,101	135,251	-11%
Premier League Average(3)			136,263	319,847	135%
England and Wales			142,895	240,337	68%

 

Home affordability in the postal districts of the 20 Premier league team stadia for the 2013/14 season

Club	House Price 2013 (£)	House Prices as a multiple of Average Earnings
Chelsea	851,812	15.6
Fulham	851,812	15.6
Arsenal	641,665	10.9
Tottenham Hotspur	284,713	7.2
Crystal Palace	198,463	5.5
West Ham United	193,734	6.4
Manchester United	178,545	4.9
Cardiff City	171,270	5.6
Southampton	170,074	6.1
Norwich City	164,332	6.0
Newcastle United	135,251	4.6
West Bromwich Albion	120,841	4.9
Stoke City	110,779	4.5
Swansea City	105,995	3.8
Aston Villa	98,919	3.4
Sunderland	91,611	3.5
Manchester City	89,489	3.1
Hull City	75,517	3.1
Liverpool	63,974	2.3
Everton	63,974	2.3
Premier League Average	319,847	9.6
England and Wales	240,337	7.8

Sources: Halifax, Land Registry, ONS