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Top 20 Home Buying Destinations in the Americas [INFOGRAPHIC]

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Whether looking for a place to retire, searching for vacation homes, or daydreaming about living “somewhere sunny and 75,” Americans are searching online for a home away from home.

So where do Americans want to move? Not surprisingly, most Google searches for home listings are in laid-back tropical countries, but Canada is also in the top at no. 7.

  1. Belize homes are the most sought after by American buyers
  2. Costa Rica real estate searches are the second most frequent
  3. Puerto Rico properties are the third most searched

homebuying destinations infographic

Data compiled based on monthly Google searches made by Americans for terms related to homes for sale abroad — in countries located in the Americas. The countries were then ranked based on popularity.

Nadia Balint is a senior creative writer for RENTCafé. She covers news and trends in residential and commercial real estate and their impact on our everyday life, including rental housing, for-sale housing, real estate development, homeownership, market reports, insurance, landlord-tenant laws, personal finance, urban development, economy, sustainability, and social issues. Nadia holds a B.S. in Business Management from Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. You can connect with Nadia via email. Nadia’s work and expertise have been quoted by major national and local media outlets, including CNN, CNBC, CBS News, Curbed, The NY Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Denver Post as well as industry publications, such as GlobeSt, Bisnow, Inman News, Multifamily Executive, and The Commercial Real Estate Show. Nadia also wrote for Multi-Housing News, Commercial Property Executive, HubSpot, and more. Prior to entering the real estate industry, Nadia worked in the legal field, where she gained over 10 years of experience in business, corporate, and real estate law.

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