Canadian Real Estate Trends, December 2008
Welcome to the fifth HomeZilla Real Estate Trends. Each month, we will share the search trends for Canadian real estate research on HomeZilla. As in previous months, we list the most searched provinces, top 10 most searched cities and top 10 most searched amenities.
Once change, we now show the previous months rantings for each of the items listed. Next month we are growing this report to include most search cities per province.
HomeZilla’s Most Searched Provinces
| 1 | Ontario | |
| 2 | British Columbia | |
| 3 | Alberta | |
| 4 | Prince Edward Island | |
| 5 (+1) |  |
Nova Scotia |
| 6 (-1) |  |
Newfoundland |
| 7 (+2) | |
Saskatchewan |
| 8 | New Brunswick | |
| 9 (-2) | |
Manitoba |
| 10 | Quebec |
HomeZilla’s Most Searched Cities
| 1 | Toronto | |
| 2 | Ottawa | |
| 3 | Vancouver | |
| 4 | Calgary | |
| 5 | Edmonton | |
| 6 (+1) | |
Charlottetown |
| 7 (-1) | |
Mississauga |
| 8 (-) | |
Kelowna |
| 9 (-) | |
Summerside |
| 10 (-) | |
Halifax |
Our HomeZilla Finder, had a big increase in usage and lots of it was focused on schools. They have always been the most popular search but this month we saw a huge increase!
HomeZilla’s Most Searched Amenities
| 1 | Schools | |
| 2 (+1) | |
Elementary Schools |
| 3 | |
Sr High Schools |
| 4 (-) | |
Jr High school |
| 5 (+1) | |
Grocery Stores |
| 6 (-) | |
Coffee Shops |
| 7 (+2) | |
Liquor Stores |
| 8 (-2) | |
Child Care Services |
| 9 (-1) | |
Pubs |
| 10 (-3) | |
Parks |
This month, the formerly fast mosing custom searches ‘were religious buildings and hardware stores’ have dropped off the map. This must have been a couple of users who were really intrested in these things; lets hope they found a ‘dream neighbourhood’.
We hope you enjoy these December 2008 real estate trends and we look forward to your feedback!
Happy New Year
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