FAQ Tip: Know your ACORN rating

If you are looking to purchase in the UK, among all the other research you do before making an offer is my recommendation to check the ACORN rating.

ACORN = A Classification Of Residential Neighborhoods.

It can give you some insight into the neighborhood that you might not otherwise have.

The wiki article is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geodemographic_segmentation

The ACORN page is at http://www.caci.co.uk/acorn/acornmap.asp

You can get the rating for a specific neighborhood by entering a postcode at upmystreet.co.uk

Hope that helps...