Zoopla.co.uk: Kate Middleton's Royal Property Trade-Up -- LONDON, April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

Zoopla.co.uk: Kate Middleton's Royal Property Trade-Up -- LONDON, April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

According to Zoopla.co.uk, Will and Kate's first official residence will be valued at over 47 million pounds, a significant upgrade for the bride-to-be who will be moving from a five bedroom home in Bucklebury.
LONDON, April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite her very comfortable upbringing, Kate Middleton is about to make a trade-up in the property stakes unlike any other bride-to-be, as revealed by research from leading property website Zoopla.co.uk.

Following their wedding, William and Kate will make Clarence House in central London their first official home. Spanning over 40,000 sq feet in SW1, the property is currently valued at over 47m pounds Sterling according to Zoopla.co.uk, which provides free value estimates of every home in the country. And despite the young royals being the same age as the average first-time buyer (29 years old), their first marital digs will be worth 343 times the average newlywed starter-home (137,000 pounds) in Britain.

Having the use of Windsor Castle, valued by Zoopla.co.uk at 171m pounds, as a weekend country retreat is also beyond the wildest imagination of most young couples. With over 1,000 rooms and running to more than 484,000 sq feet, Windsor Castle is the world's largest occupied castle and comes with its own park and chapel.

Whilst the success of Kate's parents' mail order business has afforded them a five bedroom home worth a good deal more than the UK average, Kate will be moving out of the family home in the village of Bucklebury and trading up substantially from a property perspective in the coming weeks. Average house prices on The Avenue, where her parents live, are currently 790,951 pounds and range from cottages worth 470,000 pounds to detached houses worth more than 1.5m pounds, making it one of Bucklebury's most expensive streets.