Miami is Number One Among Top 10 Cities Searched by Foreign Buyers

Florida Realtors reported yesterday that Trulia performed an assessment of the number of foreign buyers that accessed their website to search for a home in the U.S. and it seems foreigners are dropping off as home prices rebound. However, international investors remain interested in U.S. real estate primarily in Florida. Trulia listed the top 10 cities searched by foreign buyers through its website, and six are in Florida:
1. Miami (15.7% of the Miami searches done through Trulia were by foreigners)
2. Los Angeles
3. Fort Lauderdale
4. Lakeland-Winter Haven
5. Orlando
6. West Palm Beach
7. Cape Coral-Fort Myers
8. Honolulu
9. San Francisco
10. Las Vegas

Home searches by foreigners on Trulia are regularly from Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany and Australia. On this real estate blog, Jeannett’s Journal, foreign readers are mainly from Russia, Slovenia, Canada and Germany, and make up 5% of our total blog visitors. At Slesnick & Jochem, we specialize in properties for sale in the Coral Gables/Miami area and often work with foreign buyers.

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