One in five people view properties they have no intention of buying and do it just to have a nose around other people's homes, a survey has suggested.
Around 20% of people admitted they had been to look around a property they could never afford and at a time when they were not looking to buy a home, according to housing website PropertyLive.co.uk.
One in eight people said they could not resist the temptation of nosing around other people's homes.
And 7% said they liked to do house viewings to get ideas for their own property.
Previous research carried out by the group found 12% of people used internet property sites to try to work out how much their neighbours' homes were worth.
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.
"These figures clearly show that (Keeping Up Appearances TV character) Hyacinth Bucket is alive and well and most probably lives in a street near you."
People in London were most likely (27%) to look around properties they had no intention of buying.
Those in Liverpool were the least nosey with only 6% viewing homes out of curiosity.
:: Opinion Matters questioned 1,399 people during April.
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