Survey reveals ‘nosey’ house viewers

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by Kay Murchie

A survey by housing website, PropertyLive.co.uk, has revealed that 20% of people view houses with no intention of buying but do it just to snoop around other people’s homes.

The survey found that one in five said they had viewed a property they could not afford and were not even looking to purchase a home.

However, it seems that people in the capital are most curious with more than a quarter (27%) of people most likely to look around properties they had no intention of buying, while those in Liverpool were the least nosey with only 6% viewing homes out of curiosity.

According to the research, 7% said they liked to view houses to get ideas for their own homes.

Meanwhile, a previous survey conducted by PropertyLive.co.uk discovered that 12% of people looked on property websites to find out how much their neighbours’ homes were worth.

According to Peter Bolton King, chief executive of the National Federation of Property Professionals said: “It’s no secret that Britons are obsessed with looking at property, but what this research suggests is that for some people it has become a full-time hobby.”