Canada isn’t the only place Americans are looking to move following Tuesday’s presidential election—international property online searches were up more than 500 percent following Trump’s win, according to realtor.com®.
According to data from realtor.com/international:
- Between 10 p.m. ET and 11:59 p.m. ETon Election Day, Nov. 8, pageviews increased 948 percent, compared to the same time period the week before.
- The searching continued on Nov. 9, with traffic hitting a high at1 p.m. ET when pageviews increased 536 percent, compared with the same time period the week before.
- Overall, the weekly average of pageviews of international properties are up 329 percent compared to the week before (Nov. 7-9 and Oct. 31-Nov. 2).
- The most popular time to view international homes was between 12:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. ET.
- The top five countries viewed ranked by number of views were: 1. Mexico; 2. Jamaica; 3. Canada; 4. Spain; 5. France.
Realtor.com/international gives users access to more than 4.5 million listings from over 70 countries. The site, which re-launched in July as part of a newly formed global property network created by News Corp, REA Group and Move, allows users to view U.S. listings along with for-sale properties all around the world.
For more information, please visit www.realtor.com.
