Over one million surfers clicked on the Daft.ie property website in September, it has been revealed.

The figures support recent market indicators suggesting the renting sector is on the rise.

And shows a welcome sign that the buying market could be starting to recover.

According to the latest independent audit from ABC electronic for September, Daft.ie delivered over 85 million page impressions to 1,025,838 unique browsers, a 35% increase in traffic to the site compared to September 2007.

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Billed as one of Ireland's largest property website, Daft.ie now says it has re-affirmed its position as the 'number one destination for house buyers and renters' in the country.

"In the past year we have significantly increased our lead in online real estate. In the month of September we had 5 times the number of property listings than our nearest competitor, and we delivered 59 million more page views," said Anne Marie Boyhan, Marketing Manager at Daft.ie.

She added: "Given the state of the property market at the moment, these figures should provide some relief to house sellers. However, it could be some time before all this latent demand translates into actual transactions."

(PR/JM)