Any advance on 18 years... the amount of time Hometrack's latest research suggests we're going to stay in our current dwelling, to avoid the expense of moving? Yes, actually. According to FirstHips.com - one of those online stores in the Home Information Pack racket - the figure's much higher. In fact, according to them, 9% of us were so stressed out by the process of moving house that we'll never do it again, ever. Obviously, that's not science. But what is interesting is that 42% of respondents said they lost sleep over their move, 27% said it caused domestic arguments, 20% drank or smoked more, 6% said they were so badly affected by stress they had to take time off work. Roll that figure out across the number of UK homeowners, you get 1.4 million sickies. The rest of those figures:

5% lost weight
4% gained weight
4% panic attacks
2% needed anti-depressants
2% saw a doctor

Now what I'd like to see is a proper Venn Diagram... how many lost weight, smoked more and argued... how many had panic attacks, drank more and took sickies... how many gained weight, argued and lost sleep, say, but didn't need anti-depressants. Or perhaps not.