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House hunting is already difficult, but throw in avoiding potentially haunted homes and things get slightly trickier.
Check out our infographic above for information on how to buy a non-haunted home, or keep reading for statistics about haunted real estate and the people who would and would not stay the night.
Avoiding haunted homes
To stay away from purchasing a haunted house, you'll want to do a little bit of digging--of the non-literal sort.
- Research the history of the home you want to purchase at a local library
- Ask your realtor if there are any brutal murders or other heinous crimes connected to the house you should know about
- Beware of houses with a suspicious amount of new owners, a high turn over rate could point to trouble
- Stay away from purchasing homes built on top of ceremonial burial grounds (especially if they've moved the headstones but not the bodies)
- Avoid properties where promiscuous teens have not survived the night
- Do not buy anything referred to as "the old _______ place" by locals
Haunted home deal breakers
You are not alone in your reticence to buy a haunted abode. Some people (11 percent) would not buy a haunted house if there was proof of:
- Levitating objects (75 percent of people)
- Moving objects (63 percent)
- Strange sensations (61 percent)
- Strange noises (60 percent)
- Warm or cold spots (34 percent)
Haunted house statistics
Potentially haunted real estate isn't just for the movies. A good portion of people believe spirits have haunted their homes and more than half would consider buying a haunted house:
- 62 percent of people would consider buying a haunted house
- 11 percent of people would not move into a haunted house
- 25 percent of people have researched the history of their homes for potential hauntings
- 35 percent of people believe they have lived in a haunted house
Haunted attractions
Just because someone doesn't want to live in a supernatural hot spot does not mean they wouldn't consider visiting one or two--especially in October:
- There are 4,500 haunted house attractions operating across the United States
- 20.3 percent of Americans who celebrate Halloween will visit a haunted attraction
- Haunted houses are more popular in the Northeast
- 22 percent of residents plan to visit a haunted house
- Men are 24 percent more likely than women to visit these attractions
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