{"id":105547,"date":"2019-03-29T14:00:08","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T07:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/im-obsessed-with-property-websites-im-not-buying-this-is-pure-escapism-hannah-jane-parkinson\/"},"modified":"2019-03-29T14:03:42","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T07:03:42","slug":"im-obsessed-with-property-websites-im-not-buying-this-is-pure-escapism-hannah-jane-parkinson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/im-obsessed-with-property-websites-im-not-buying-this-is-pure-escapism-hannah-jane-parkinson\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m obsessed with property websites. I\u2019m not buying \u2013 this is pure escapism | Hannah Jane Parkinson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nCute bungalows in Pembrokeshire or \u00a32m London townhouses, property porn is a sticking plaster on the wound of newsAccording to Alexa, a leading analytics company, the most visited websites last year were those you would expect: Google, YouTube, Facebook, Amazon. (Alexa is owned by Amazon, by the way, which makes sense: Amazon owns everything). But I know I am part of a dedicated group of people who spend a significant amount of time on the internet, not watching behind-the-scenes clips of Broad City \u2013 although there is that \u2013 but browsing property websites. This is not because I am an investor (cue hysterical laughter), or that I am buying a house. This is pure escapism.Sites such as Rightmove, Zoopla and Purple Bricks are my weakness; I\u2019m afraid I have a passionate dislike of estate agents \u2013 because fool me once, shame on you; fool me 90 times and I will despise you for life \u2013 and a key bonus of escapist browsing is not having to deal with them. The properties I am looking at are \u00a32m townhouses in London, or vast open-plan warehouses in Glasgow, or cute bungalows in Pembrokeshire. I can also pass hours on The Modern House and WowHaus, which both advertise places to stay. Recently, I have branched out into stalking lofts in New York and Berlin walk-ups on Google Street View. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2019\/mar\/29\/i-am-obsessed-with-property-websites-im-not-buying-this-is-pure-escapism\" target=\"_blank\">I\u2019m obsessed with property websites. I\u2019m not buying \u2013 this is pure escapism | Hannah Jane Parkinson<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Cute bungalows in Pembrokeshire or \u00a32m London townhouses, property porn is a sticking plaster on&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-rsn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":141940,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/amazon-announces-most-used-alexa-features-in-middle-east-in-2023\/","url_meta":{"origin":105547,"position":0},"title":"Amazon announces most used Alexa features in Middle East in 2023","date":"January 24, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\r In 2023, Alexa's monthly active users in the Middle East witnessed an impressive 40 percent increase, reflecting a substantial surge in engagement\r \r Source : arabianbusiness.com\r Read more...Amazon announces most used Alexa features in Middle East in 2023","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/amazon-alexa-echo-show-8-1000x667-1.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":72241,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/is-alexa-to-blame-for-a-costly-dolls-house-being-sent-to-me-by-mistake\/","url_meta":{"origin":105547,"position":1},"title":"Is Alexa to blame for a costly doll\u2019s house being sent to me by mistake?","date":"November 19, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r I\u2019m worried how they got my address but all Amazon says is \u2018keep it\u2019I received a Melissa and Doug Victorian Doll\u2019s House \u2013 original price \u00a3120, now reduced to \u00a389 \u2013 from Amazon which I did not order. 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