Canadian Real Estate Trends, August 2008
Welcome to the third HomeZilla Real Estate Trends. Each month, we will share the search trends for Canadian real estate research on HomeZilla. This month, we see Canada’s largest province lose top spot in our most searched list to Canada’s oil capital. We list the most searched provinces, top 10 most searched cities and top 10 most searched amenities.
HomeZilla’s Most Searched Provinces
- Alberta
- Ontario
- British Columbia
- Nova Scotia
- Prince Edward Island
- Manitoba
- Quebec
- New Brunswick
- Newfoundland
- Saskatchewan
HomeZilla’s Most Searched Cities
- Calgary
- Edmonton
- Toronto
- Ottawa
- Vancouver
- Halifax
- Scarborough
- Kelowna
- Mississauga
- Surrey
Our HomeZilla Finder, which helps you find amenities around a specific address, has been growing every month with a huge growth of 400% between July and August.
HomeZilla’s Most Searched Amenities
- Schools (third straight month, margin continues to grow)
- Coffee Shops
- Elementary Schools
- Grocery Stores
- Liquor Stores (new to the list)
- Restaurants
- Parks
- Pubs
- Fitness Centres
- Transit
Here are a couple of new trends we have been seeing for the past two months: fire stations and gas stations. In the next couple of months, we will be adding more data for both of these amenities.
We hope you enjoy these trends and we look forward to your feedback!
