Rightmove are to add the estimated broadband speeds of the 1 million homes that it has listed on it’s website.

According to a story that was run by The Telegraph newspaper they have learnt that Rightmove and BT are teaming up so that the estimated broadband speed of a home is listed down against the basic stats of a house, such as the number of bedrooms, garden or  garage.

Along with the estimated broadband speed to be listed on Rightmove they will also be listing if the property is covered or due to be covered by the new fibre BT Infinity network that is currently being rolled out across the country and will offer fibre optic broadband with a download speed of up to 40Mb. At the present time though coverage of the Virgin Media cable network is not being included which could adversely effect the listing of many properties that will only have the broadband speed listed to them that is availfable by a BT ADSL network which could be just 4Mb when in reality they could be receiving 50Mb broadband connections from Virgin Media.

Around 90% of properties for sale in the UK are listed on Rightmove  so it has a huge importance to the property industry with many buyers using the portal when searching for potential new homes.

A source a Rightmove told The Telegraph:

“Broadband is becoming one of the most, if not the most, important considerations for prospective buyers. Many people fall in love with a home only to find out it can only get really slow internet. By listing broadband speed with all the other property details buyers will be able to weed out homes that don’t have high-speed access.”

Rightmove have also said that they are currently not in any sort of official partnership with BT.

We have long said that the broadband speeds could effect the sale of a house with houses with high speed broadband having an advantage over houses that have slower broadband connections. This latest step just goes to show how much importance broadband has on our daily lives and will only continue to grow in importance.

How long before adverts for homes change from: “4 Bed detached house with garage and conservatory” instead are reading “40Mb detached house with 4 beds and garage”.