Hoodies take over from hooligans as the biggest deterrent for would be housebuyers.
It seems that the much-maligned demographic group, the hoodie-wearing teenager, is not just responsible for such social catastrophes as the intimidation of the otherwise mindless consumers at Bluewater. Now they have gone and poked their noses out from underneath their hoods and into that venerable British institution, the housing market.
Propertyfinder.com and upmystreet.com conducted a survey to find out what factors put house-hunters off a particular street. Top of the poll came graffiti and vandalism, and hood-wearing teens hanging around. Perhaps if they unpicked the stitching in their tops they could use their hoods to clean up some of that graffiti?
