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FINDAPROPERTY.COM VALUES BRITAIN'S LANDMARKS


ACCORDING TO A RECENT SURVEY OF 500 ESTATE AGENTS, STONEHENGE WOULD COST AN ESTIMATED £51 MILLION. OTHER LANDMARKS INCLUDE 10 DOWNING STREET, PRICED AT £5.2 MILLION AND WINDSOR CASTLE, VALUED AS £390.9 MILLION. THE UNIQUE SURVEY CARRIED OUT BY PROPERTY WEBSITE FINDAPROPERTY.COM ALSO SUGGESTED BRIGHTON PAVILION IS VALUED AT £51.9 MILLION AND BLACKPOOL TOWER AT £60 MILLION. NIGEL LEWIS, A PROPERTY ANALYST AT FINDAPROPERTY.COM SAID: 'BASED ON THESE VALUATIONS, THE GOVERNMENT AND CROWN PROBABLY OWN ENOUGH LAND AND PROPERTY TO PAY DOWN THE NATIONAL DEBT PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY. OF COURSE, WE KNOW THESE LANDMARKS WILL NEVER BE PUT UP FOR SALE, BUT WITH PROPERTY PRICES SHOOTING UP 10 PERCENT IN VALUE OVER THE PAST YEAR WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN TO SEE WHAT THE MARKET CONSENSUS WAS ABOUT THERE VALUES. IT'S QUITE A CHALLENGE FOR ESTATE AGENTS MORE USED TO VALUING SUBURBAN SEMIS TO PUT AN ACCURATE AMOUNT OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT AGENTS WE SPOKE TO.'

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