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A leafy suburban street in north London has joined plush Chelsea and Fullham as one of the capital's top ten areas to survive the property slump. Longland Drive in Whetstone - Arsene Wenger's suburb - is one of the least likely places to suffer negative equity, alongside the likes of King's Road and Kensington Gardens. The N20 street is the only one outside west and southwest London on the list.
Bemused residents today struggled to work out how their "normal" road was in the list among properties in Kensington, Notting Hill and Chelsea. They pointed to quality local shcools, convenient transport links and vast green spaces as possible reasons for its inclusion. Bernadette Hunt, a 53-year-old mother of two, said: "It's a bit of a surprise. Howeve, this really is lovely place to live. We've pretty much got everything. We've got suburban living but we can be in London in half an hour." Hunt bought her six-bedroom house is 1990 for £152,000, and estimates its worth at least £500,000. Experian, the credit-rating agency which carried out the survey, said Longland Drive was on the list because most residents had bought three years ago. This means that in a housing price crash, they are very unlikely to slip into negative equity. 10 safest roads:
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