{"id":2048,"date":"2022-08-11T16:57:17","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T16:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mondegocp.com\/?post_type=blogs&p=2048"},"modified":"2022-08-11T16:57:19","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T16:57:19","slug":"portugal-at-all-time-high-in-google-trends-in-the-u-s-surpassing-top-european-favorites-for-moving-abroad-and-real-estate-searches","status":"publish","type":"blogs","link":"https:\/\/mondegocp.com\/blogs\/portugal-at-all-time-high-in-google-trends-in-the-u-s-surpassing-top-european-favorites-for-moving-abroad-and-real-estate-searches\/","title":{"rendered":"Portugal at All-Time High in Google Trends in the U.S., Surpassing Top European Favorites for Moving Abroad and Real Estate Searches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
European countries have been long time favorites for moving abroad for Americans, with Italy, Spain, and France at the top of the list for decades. But the most recent Google Trends data reveals the spectacular rise of a new star: Portugal spiked in popularity in recent months, surpassing all other major European destinations in searches for the term \u201cmoving to\u201d for the first time in recorded Google Trends history.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Hand in hand with this evolution,\u00a0searches online from the United States for \u201creal estate in Portugal\u201d are following a strong upward trend, rivaling Italy for the first time<\/strong>, thanks to\u00a0stronger purchasing power for Americans interested to invest in Europe<\/a>, and Portugal offering some of the most attractive housing prices in Western and Southern Europe. The median price of a home in Portugal was $138 per square foot in the first quarter of 2022, according to\u00a0Statistics Portugal<\/a>, having recorded a sharp 17.2% increase from a year prior, but well below the median price of a home in the United States of $202 per square foot, according to data released by the\u00a0U.S. National Association of Realtors<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We analyzed Google Trends data for the search terms \u201cmoving to\u201d and \u201creal estate in\u201d for the top ten European countries that attract the highest number of monthly Google searches made from the United States by people who are interested in moving to Europe and\/or are looking to buy property in Europe. We looked at how the interest over time has changed, going back to 2004, the earliest data available from Google Trends, through July 2022, and zooming in to the past twelve months, August 2021 to July 2022, for a closer monthly view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A spectacular spike in searches for \u201cmoving to Portugal\u201d is visible starting with May 2022 and continuing through July 2022 (blue line on the chart), clearly outnumbering searches for Italy, Spain and France, the top three countries with consistently higher interest from Americans looking to relocate to Europe up to this point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Searches for \u201cmoving to Portugal\u201d surpassed \u201cmoving to Italy\u201d for the first time ever according to Google Trends data, May, June and July 2022 representing a breakthrough for Portugal, who finally managed to win the hearts of Americans<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is remarkable given that, historically, Italy has always been a much more popular country<\/a> than Portugal among Americans looking to move or retire abroad, a fact confirmed by historical data from Google trends going back to 2004. The average number of Google searches for \u201cmoving to Italy\u201d was at its highest in the 2000s and holding consistently strong throughout the 2010s, while those for Portugal were significantly lower. However, since 2020 Portugal started to rise in popularity to finally rival Italy in 2022, all the while Italy itself continuing to attract a strong interest for moves abroad among American citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Google trends\u00a02004-July 2022<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nOnline Searches for \u201cMoving to Portugal\u201d by Americans Spike, Topping All-Time Favorites for Moving to Europe<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
1. Moving to Portugal vs Moving to Italy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n