Orlando ranked among the top four most popular places in the nation that people would like to move to, if they could, according to one national poll this week, and now another report shows that more people are checking out metro Orlando home-for-sale listings.
Realtor.com, the largest online web site of listings by real estate agencies, reports this week that in December the volume of hits for Orlando property listings surged 47 percent from the same month a year ago.
Orlando was the 17th most searched market in the country at the end of the year. Los Angeles was the top market overall, and Tampa-St. Petersburg was No. 1 in Florida, ranking 7th nationwide.Miami came in 14th nationally and Fort Lauderdale 15th. West Palm Beach was 19th and Fort Myers was 33rd. In terms of actual single-family home sales closed in recent months, metro Orlando has easily surpassed every market in Florida except the larger Tampa Bay region.
