Search activity for March 2017
52.60% of locations increased in search activity
47.35% of locations fell in search activity
0.05% of locations stayed the same in search activity
0.05% of locations stayed the same in search activityDownload the full report including data tables here
Search Data Highlights
Top 10 Climbers and Fallers this month (areas with > 100 searches a day)
| Top 10 Climbers | % Change Searches | Chart Position | Chart Change | Top 10 Fallers | % Change Searches | Chart Position | Chart Change | |
| Balsicas, Spain | 205.51% | 489 |  390 |
Frigiliana, Spain | -38.53% | 344 |  -123 |
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| Silver Coast (Costa de Prata), Portugal | 174.61% | 84 | 84 |
Perth, Australia | -38.34% | 464 | -180 |
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| Garrucha, Spain | 99.69% | 611 | 211 |
Golf Del Sur, Spain | -32.95% | 323 | -109 |
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| Turre, Spain | 88.49% | 476 | 179 |
Albox, Spain | -28.75% | 463 | -144 |
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| Orihuela-Costa, Spain | 88.47% | 224 | 100 |
Arquipélago da Madeira, Portugal | -21.04% | 144 | -44 |
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| Offaly, Ireland | 87.95% | 270 | 120 |
Melbourne, Australia | -19.86% | 453 | -112 |
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| Mojácar, Spain | 87.84% | 121 | 58 |
San Bernardino County, United States of America | -18.92% | 581 | -142 |
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| Algorfa, Spain | 87.37% | 321 | 151 |
Fuertuventura, Spain | -18.84% | 110 | -28 |
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| Mayo, Ireland | 86.77% | 123 | 55 |
Sitges, Spain | -17.26% | 329 | -79 |
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| Broward County, United States of America | 81.70% | 471 | 167 |
St James, Barbados | -16.81% | 392 | -98 |
Top 10 Trending* Searches this month (areas with > 100 searches a day)
These are the locations showing the most consistent positive performance in searches on Rightmove Overseas.
| Destination | Area | % Change Searches | Chart Position | Monthly Chart Change | Quarterly Chart Change | Yearly Chart Change | Chart
Trend |
| Federacija Bosna i Hercegovina | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 14.81% | 613 | -18 |
653 |
3256 |
218 |
| Balsicas | Spain | 205.51% | 489 | 390 |
332 |
349 |
111 |
| Tolmin | Slovenia | 28.73% | 689 | 30 |
290 |
301 |
97 |
| Allier | France | 32.38% | 598 | 45 |
246 |
154 |
82 |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 12.79% | 473 | -12 |
234 |
1845 |
78 |
| South | Sri Lanka | 13.38% | 606 | -22 |
232 |
341 |
77 |
| Punjab | Pakistan | 18.89% | 695 | 4 |
229 |
803 |
76 |
| Taupo | New Zealand | 25.73% | 627 | 29 |
227 |
164 |
76 |
| Ain | France | 16.70% | 679 | -13 |
[é]222 | [é]258 | 74 |
| Rhône | France | 46.33% | 536 | [é]78 | [é]210 | [é]208 | 70 |
*Chart Trend is a rolling average of the three previous monthly changes in chart position
You can download the full Rightmove Overseas Search Report from our blog including Top 40
locations, Top 20 countries with regional breakdowns for Spain, France, Italy, Portugal and the USA.
Editors Notes
This search data is compiled from searches made by users of www.rightmoveoverseas.co.uk during the period 1st March 2017 – 31st March 2017. Our website records explicit searches that users make for locations chosen from our
map based search, or that are entered into search fields and includes tourist regions we have defined for ease of recognition.
- % Change Searches is the % change in searches on the previous month
- Chart position is absolute and determined by aggregate search volume for that location i.e. all the explicit searches for the location plus any explicit searches for sub-regions of the location e.g. Searches for ‘France’ include searches for ‘Paris’.
- Monthly Chart Change is the difference in chart position on the previous month.
- Quarterly Chart Change is the difference in chart position from 3 months ago.
- Yearly Chart Change is the difference in chart position from 12 months ago.
- Chart Trend is a rolling average of the three previous monthly changes in chart position.
The data in this report does not constitute specific advice, forecasts or recommendations and is for general interest only. Readers must perform their own research and seek independent professional advice before making any decision to purchase or invest in property abroad.
About Rightmove Overseas
Rightmove Overseas is part of Rightmove.co.uk, the UK’s number one property website and advertises properties for sale in over 80 countries around the globe from agents, developers and owners. On average, Rightmove Overseas receives 183,000 unique visitors a week and generates over 9,000,000 overseas property searches a month for advertisers. Visit us at www.rightmoveoverseas.co.uk.
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