Britain is a nation obsessed with house prices! According to research from our property website PropertyLive.co.uk, one in 10 wants to know what their neighbours’ homes are worth whilst 7 in 10 people look at property online even when they are not in the market to move.

Interestingly when it comes to snooping, Londoners emerged as the most prolific property snoopers. Almost 16% of those surveyed logged on to find out the value of their friends’ and neighbours’ homes, compared with 12% in Newcastle, 7% in Brighton and 6% in Liverpool.

We found that those aged between 25 and 34 were the most fixated with the property market, with eight in ten regularly looking at property, despite having no intention of buying or renting. They were also the nosiest age group, with more than 17% checking the price of their friends’ and neighbours’ homes, and 13% snooping on their colleagues’ properties. With the average first time buyer age now at 34, it is perhaps no surprise that 63% of this age group stated that this was out of curiosity, whilst 29% wanted to know when would be a good time to move.

It doesn’t come as a huge shock that Brits are concerned about the value of their own properties.  Property surfing on the internet has become a hobby for those who are interested in snooping on the prices of neighbour’s and friends’ homes.  In this digital age, property portals are the internet equivalent of spying on the neighbours from behind net curtains- it’s definitely the modern way of keeping up with the Joneses


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