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Yesterday the Office of National Statistics released       data showing that 385,000 people left the UK for the long term in the year to mid-2006.
This news is timely for us, as it coincides with some work we have just completed analyzing UK Internet searches containing at least one of the following keywords: ‘property’, ‘properties’, ‘estate agents’, ‘estate agent’, ‘flats’, ‘flat, ‘house’, or ‘houses’, plus a regional term over the 4 weeks ending 4th August in 2006 and 2007

Top 10 overseas property locations by share of UK Internet searches for the four weeks ending 4th August
We saw a 24% increases in the volume of UK Internet searches for overseas property, with France and Spain still the top destinations for Brits looking to buy overseas. Of the top five regional searches within France, four were related to Brittany, making it the most popular French region followed by Normandy.
This year we have also seen interest returning to other Mediterranean countries, with UK Internet searches for Italy, Portugal and Cyprus significantly increasing.
 
August 23, 2007 Hitwise Intelligence - Robin Goad - UK  
http://weblogs.hitwise.com/robin-goad/2007/08/overseas_property_searches_inc.html