Comments on: Metrics of International Real Estate Business

By: Big Brand Blogging « The Notorious R.O.B.

Big Brand Blogging « The Notorious R.O.B. — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:28:05 +0000

[...] Baker of REA Group recently stopped by my little corner of the Internet. Frankly, I was shocked. And he provided some good detailed [...]

By: -Rob

-Rob — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:39:01 +0000

Simon –

Thanks for the data. That’s really interesting. U.S. is at 1.5%, and Singapore, HK, China, and Malaysia combined is 1.7%. o.0

One would have assumed China, Singapore, et.al. would dwarf the traffic from the US.

Is there something happening at the national level — tourism ads or something that Australia is doing to promote Australia to Yanks?

-rsh

By: Simon Baker

Simon Baker — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:05:57 +0000

As requested, here is a rough break down of the traffic to http://www.realestate.com.au (Australia’s largest site)

87% traffic from Australia
2% from New Zealand (not surprising)
2% from the UK (perhaps Australians coming home)
1.5% from the US
0.5% from Singapore
0.5% from Canada
0.5% from France
0.5% from Hong Kong
0.4% from China
0.3% from Germany
0.3% from Malaysia
0.3% from South Africa
Rest is the long tail

I hope this gives you some more information

Thanks

Simon Baker
http://www.rea-group.com

By: Toronto condos

Toronto condos — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:06:54 +0000

Very nice article! I have the same opinion. I am working in Toronto real estate business and globalization can be seen all around here – companies from abroad, businessmen, immigrants – everybody is buying properties. Somebody says it’s bad, we are selling our country, but it’s nonsense. For example I believe that investors from abroad are the best solution to restart US real estate market!