Houses selling for just £5,000 in ‘ghost town’ that was once thriving seaside destination

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Houses in a once-thriving seaside destination have been put on the market for just £5,000 amidst claims it is now a “ghost town.” Four properties in the village of Horden, County Durham have been placed on RightMove for just £5,000 – two of these are two-bed terraced houses, and one a three-bed. A former mining hotspot, Horden has suffered high unemployment levels since its closure in 1987 Elsewhere, similar properties are up for guide prices of £15,000, £22,000 and £25,000 respectively. Finding “entire streets that were boarded up”, Mr Burnip spoke with one local, who noted that the village has “gone down the banks since the collieries finished.” Wandering Turnip: £20,000 Houses In A Boarded Up Seaside Town! “I mean the pits was hard work but at least it was a job.” After the mines closed, workers either “went to the factories” or “took redundancy”, changing the village’s economic landscape.