1. You have a picture of Kirstie Alsop/Sarah Beaney/Phil Spencer/Kevin McCloud as your screen saver.
2. Your inbox has more emails from Estate Agents and property portals than your friends.
3. You are not only on first name terms with all your local estate agents, you are in fact, spending Christmas with one of them and have been invited to three of their Christmas office parties.
4. You spend more time talking to estate agents than your parents.
5. The only umbrellas you have are covered with estate agents logos.
6. You have never missed an episode of Location, Location, Location and Grand Designs.
7. You have not had a weekend in the last 6 months without viewing a property.
8. You do not even need a calendar reminder to let you know when the next adjustment in interest rates is going to be announced.
9. Your computer grinds to a halt under the mass of property sites you have become such a regular visitor to.
10. Your partner complains you spend more time in the kitchen doing DIY than actually eating there.