Surrey tops nosey neighbours league

May 19, 2005
Website myhouseprice.com has found that Cobham is the nosiest place in England and Wales when it comes to finding out the cost of a neighbours house. The website, which uses information from the Land Registry to offer the details of more than 6.5 million properties nationwide, charges £1 to tell you how much the house down the road sold for and give you a report on how well the local property market is doing. Cobham/Oxshott, where house prices average at £624,986, came top of the table with Virginia Water in Surrey, where the average price is £564,591, second. Cofounder of the website Dab Cookson said: “All of the areas that came out in the top 20 were expensive. These are people who have more to lose and gain from movement in the housing market. They are wealthy individuals who are likely to research an area before investing.” (Guardian)

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