New research from Halifax Estate Agency revealed that 10 per cent of home-owners began their search for their current property on the internet. With homeowners moving on average every seven years, this figure is set to triple as one third of respondents said they will begin by looking on the internet when they next move.
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Almost half of those aged between 18 and 24 years old had visited property websites as their first port of call for their present home. This is in stark contrast to those aged over 65, of whom only 1 per cent had started their property search on the internet.
The growing confidence of over 65s using the web is also apparent with 8 per cent intending to begin the search for their next home online, eight times more than used it for their last move.
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Conversely, less people plan to undertake an initial recce to identify properties by driving or walking around prospective areas. Two in five people started their search for their last property this way, with 30 per cent stating that this was how they found their current home. Yet, only 8 per cent intend to begin their next search with a jaunt around their ideal area.
Colin Kemp, managing director for Halifax Estate Agents, said: Finding a new property on the internet has certainly increased in popularity with the ease of searching from your own home and the ability to search thousands of properties at a click of a button, revolutionising the process.
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