52% spike in U.S. residents viewing Canadian real estate listings after Trump elected [Video]

A Canadian real estate brokerage recorded a spike in U.S. residents searching Canadian properties following the election of Donald Trump.

Data from Royal LePage shows that U.S.-originated sessions on the brokerage’s website spiked 52 per cent in one day on Nov. 6, following the election of Donald Trump for a second time, Royal LePage said in a press release.

“This marks the highest number of U.S. users on the website year to date, and one of several spikes in web traffic from American visitors recorded since the race for the White House kicked off this summer,” Royal LePage said.

Traffic on the website during the week of the election, Nov. 4 to 10, increased 70 per cent year over year, the brokerage said.

The increase in U.S. residents searching for Canadian properties is part of a recent trend.

At the end of October, Royal LePage reported that visits from U.S. …