Posts Tagged ‘ Property ’

How search is the ideal benchmark for consumer behaviour

Tweet On Monday the Bank of England (BoE) released its latest Quarterly Bulletin which included an article Using search data as economic indicators. The central bank is using search data to benchmark key areas like housing, unemployment, tax and benefits. Here at Experian Hitwise we have long been champions of the power of search as [...][ READ MORE ]

London Tube strikes cause surge in traffic to TfL website

Tweet With travel in the capital thrown into chaos over the last couple of days due to the 24-hour tube strikes, London commuters have been frantically checking online for regular service updates from Transport for London (TfL). Two separate strikes began on Monday at 5pm and 9pm as members of the Rail Maritime and Transport [...][ READ MORE ]

Surge in searches for fixed rate mortgages

Tweet The number of internet searches for fixed rate mortgages soared between April – June 2010 (Q2) compared to the same time period last year, with searches for the term ‘fixed rate mortgages 10 years’ up almost ten fold over the period. Searches for ‘fixed rate mortgages 5 years’ increased seven fold, while searches for [...][ READ MORE ]

2010 Budget: the online response

Tweet Yesterday Alistair Darling unveiled the final Budget before the election and, as you would expect, it has come under significant scrutiny from the media, the City and voters themselves. For many people the Internet was the first place they went to find out the details, and the chart below illustrates the increases in traffic [...][ READ MORE ]

2009 online: the year in review

Tweet The end of the year presents and excellent opportunity for reflection, and also for lists. Combining the two, I’ve decided to reflect on the last year of online activity in the UK by providing a list of our most popular and commented on blogs over the last 12 months. January Our analysis of the [...][ READ MORE ]

Property websites experience first increase in UK traffic for over two years

Tweet UK Internet visits to property websites increased by 4.8% between October 2008 and October 2009, the first annual increase in UK Internet traffic to the sector for over two years. The online property market was one of the first areas to suffer as a result of the credit crunch back in autumn 2007 and, [...][ READ MORE ]

Mortgages: Deposits and Fixed Rates

Tweet With Robin enjoying the thrills of being a new father, he has left the blog-reigns to me, Richard Seymour – Client Intelligence Analyst at Hitwise UK, for a couple of weeks. I’ve recently experienced a ‘life-event’ of my own by purchasing my first house, and spent hours searching for the best mortgage deal online. [...][ READ MORE ]

Local Internet data: Liverpool example

Tweet Last month I had the pleasure of speaking at the Digital Editors Network forum, an event organized by Francois Nel from the Journalism Leaders Program at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN). One of the topics that came up during the session was the importance of local Internet usage and search data. And not [...][ READ MORE ]

Property websites and the online house price crash

Tweet In September we revealed that online House and Garden retailers had overtaken Property websites in terms of UK Internet visits. As you would expect, in the three months since that blog post, the situation has only got worse for online estate agents. Traffic to our Property category has fallen a further 21% since then, [...][ READ MORE ]

Interest rate cut: impact on search behaviour

Tweet Following last week’s shock 1.5% rate cut by the Bank of England, UK Internet searches for ‘interest rates’ reached a three year high. As the chart below illustrates, this also led to a spike in searches for ‘tracker mortgages’ and ‘tracker mortgage’ as people went online to take advantage of cheaper borrowing. Perhaps more [...][ READ MORE ]