By Della Hasselle
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
MANHATTAN — A large number of "prospective buyers" going to open houses in Manhattans are really just there for a voyeuristic thrill, the New York Post reported.
Forty-one percent of the people attending open houses in Manhattan and Brooklyn reportedly have no intention of buying and are only there to sneak a peek inside their neighbors’ closets and read private notes on fridges and desks, according to a survey by title-insurance company Entitle Direct.
"New Yorkers are thinking about real estate a lot," Entitle real estate sales director Edward Baum told the Post. “It’s virtually a competitive sport. They’re looking at how they’re doing in relation to their neighbors.”
The title company surveyed nearly 200 people across Manhattan and Brooklyn, including the East Village, Upper West Side, West Village, Gramercy and Upper East Side, the Post reported.
