Anti-Trump Exodus Causes CB Real Estate Search Jump by 3,450%

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Posted this 2016-02-23 10:36 AM AST (updated 2016-08-22 3:03 PM ADT)

By Roxana Baiceanu at www.Point2Homes.com

LATEST UPDATE: Since Point2Homes published the article, visits on the Cape Breton listing pages have spiked. On Friday, they went over 50,000, while the number of emails being sent to agents surged to over 250 . Click here to take a look at the traffic.

The prospect of Donald Trump becoming the next US President should be, according to this website , enough of a reason for Americans to move abroad. The destination the people behind the website propose is none other than Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada!

The buzz created around this story made many wonder if this was just a clever, yet flippant, move meant only to draw attention to the island, which has seen a depreciation in population in the past decade. However, the website founders insist that their offer is for real and they want Americans to take it seriously. And indeed they have done, as searches for real estate in Cape Breton Island are breaking the records in Google .

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Peter Ross Follow Me 2016-02-23 2:37 PM AST Reply 0 0 That is quite a graph. I wonder if this will lead to higher property appraisals in Cape Breton? If so, Rob Calabrese is going to be the hero of Cape Breton (even more than he already is).
David Stephens Follow Me 2016-02-23 9:21 PM AST Reply 1 0 The author states that Cape Breton, "has seen a depreciation in population in the past decade". How on earth does a population, "depreciate"? Rory Andrews Follow Me 2016-02-24 12:54 AM AST Reply 2 0 Apparently our value has diminished over time? Wow. I didn't expect Point2Homes to be so personally vicious when it came to their opinions of Cape Bretoners. Positively savage! David Stephens Follow Me 2016-02-24 4:52 AM AST Reply 0 0 We're worthless, so we've been told! Mary Campbell Follow Me 2016-02-24 10:32 AM AST Reply 5 0 I think it happens the moment we leave the lot. Joe Ward Follow Me 2016-02-28 4:57 PM AST Reply 1 0 Could I send you a prospectus on my new company, Easter Island Pulp and Paper Inc? The ones that stay on the lot too long lose their value too. :)

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Peter Ross Follow Me 2016-02-23 2:37 PM AST

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That is quite a graph. I wonder if this will lead to higher property appraisals in Cape Breton? If so, Rob Calabrese is going to be the hero of Cape Breton (even more than he already is).

David Stephens Follow Me 2016-02-23 9:21 PM AST

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The author states that Cape Breton, "has seen a depreciation in population in the past decade". How on earth does a population, "depreciate"?

Rory Andrews Follow Me 2016-02-24 12:54 AM AST

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Apparently our value has diminished over time? Wow. I didn't expect Point2Homes to be so personally vicious when it came to their opinions of Cape Bretoners. Positively savage!

David Stephens Follow Me 2016-02-24 4:52 AM AST

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We're worthless, so we've been told!