Top 23 U.S. hotspots for international buyers

6 out of 10 most-popular cities are in Florida

Screenshot from Trulia Insights blog

Nearly 40 percent of the
23 most-popular U.S. cities among non-American visitors are in Florida,

The most popular American cities were Los Angeles and New York, which were among the top five most-searched cities for visitors from the United Kingdom, Australia, France, Germany, Brazil, Italy, Russia, the Netherlands, Sweden, China and India.

Nine of the 23 most popular U.S. cities were in Florida
with Cape Coral, Ft. Myers, Naples  Fort Lauderdale, and Miami taking the lead.

That interest may be due to both deep discounts on the state’s real estate and a perception that the state is “friendlier to non-citizens,” the Trulia site said.

Florida cities were especially popular with folks from Canada,
the country with the biggest share of traffic on Trulia from abroad.
The United Kingdom had the second-biggest share, while Australia had the third-biggest share.

Reportedly, Canadians, Europeans and Brazilians
spent about $13 billion on homes in Florida last year.

But what gives – are the oranges really that good?
We can’t say for sure, but what we do know is that the houses in Florida are being sold at a super discount.
Just to throw it out there, but maybe, just maybe, this is because Florida might be perceived as as being friendlier to non-citizens.

So who wants to move to Florida?

With the exception of Brazil, let’s just say that most of these global window shoppers hail from the northern hemisphere and/or across the pond (as in Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Russia, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands).

Most popular U.S. cities (based on percent of Trulia’s international traffic in each city):

Source: Trulia