The Royal LePage Survey: Canadians Selling U.S. Properties includes insights into the selling intentions of Canadians who own residential property in the United States.

According to the survey, more than half (54%) of Canadians who currently own residential property in the U.S. say they are planning to sell within the next year, among whom a majority (62%) credit the current political administration as the main reason. Meanwhile, 33 per cent of them say they are motivated by other factors, such as personal and financial reasons, and another five per cent say it is due to increasingly extreme weather conditions, like hurricanes, flooding and forest fires.

“The polarizing political climate in the United States is prompting many Canadians to reconsider how and where they spend their time and money,” said Phil Soper, president and CEO, Royal LePage. “Canadians have been the most important foreign investors in America’s residential real estate market for years, and a significant wave of property sales would leave a noticeable mark on the regional economies that snowbirds support.

Key highlights:

• More than half of Canadians who currently own a residential property in the U.S. say they are considering the sale of that property within the next year.
• Nearly two-thirds of those who are considering the sale of their U.S. property point to concerns with the current U.S. government’s policies and political climate.
• Approximately one-third of respondents who have recently sold or are planning to sell their U.S. home say they intend to reinvest the proceeds of the sale into the Canadian real estate market.
• In 2024 and 2025, U.S.-originated web visits to royallepage.ca spiked during significant political events in America.