This is the biggest increase in the mentioned period as regards the interest of people from abroad in the Romanian real estate market. By comparison, searches from outside of Romania rose, in general, by nearly 25% during the mentioned interval. The ranking also includes Germany (+33%), France (+26%), Spain (+20%) and Italy (+16%). Romanians living in Italy rank first regarding the volume of searches.
Most property searches from abroad, approximately 26.4% of overall searches, targeted capital Bucharest and the surrounding Ilfov County, followed by Constanta (8.75%), Brasov (8.2%), Timis (7.6%), Cluj (7.2%) and Iasi (5.2%). Visitors from the UK focused on the same counties: Bucharest-Ilfov (25%), Constanta (8.7%), Iasi (7.9%), Brasov (7.8%), Cluj (6.5%) and Timis (4.7%).
As regards the types of properties, most visitors from Great Britain, nearly 63%, are interested in apartments, 30% in villas, 5.5% in retail spaces and 1.5% in plots of land.
Property searches generated by people in Italy are distributed as follows: 60.5% target apartments, 34% target villas, 1.5% target retail spaces and 4% target lands. As regards users in Germany, 46% focus on apartments, 30% on villas, 19% on retail spaces and 5% on lands. 58% of visitors from Spain are interested in apartments, 30% in villas, 7% in retail spaces and 5% in lands. As regards searches generated by people in France, 78.2% target apartments, 10.2% target villas, 10% target retail spaces and 1.6% target lands.