Top metro viewers looking to buy homes in Ocala, FL: Realtor.com Data

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The housing market is experiencing a slight shift, according to data and reports by Realtor.com. While national home prices are stabilizing, they remain high. This, coupled with rising mortgage rates, is making affordability a challenge for many buyers.

Fortunately, for those priced out of urban centers, the option to work remotely is creating new possibilities. Stacker, leveraging data from Realtor.com, analyzed where potential homebuyers are searching for properties in Ocala. This report explores which metropolitan areas are driving this trend.

Let's discover who's considering Ocala as their next home:
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The Ocala housing market is attracting significant interest from buyers outside the area, particularly those from major metropolitan areas in South Florida and the Northeast, according to new data from Realtor.com.

In the first quarter of 2024, the Ocala metro area saw 13.5% of its total view count on Realtor.com coming from the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach area, the highest percentage of any metro browsing Ocala home listings.

The New York-Newark-Jersey City metro was close behind at 12.3% of the total view share, while Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford contributed 11.1% as buyers potentially look to relocate from the larger cities in central Florida.

Other metros with sizable numbers of home searchers eyeing Ocala include Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater (6.0%), Atlanta (5.6%), Chicago (2.6%), and San Francisco (2.3%).

Top viewing metros for Ocala home listings on Realtor.com in Q1 2024:

1. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida, 13.5 percent
2. New York-Newark-Jersey City, New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania, 12.3 percent
3. Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida, 11.1 percent
4. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida, 6.0 percent
5. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, Georgia, 5.6 percent
6. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, Illinois-Indiana-Wisconsin, 2.6 percent
7. San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, California, 2.3 percent
8. Jacksonville, Florida, 2.1 percent
9. Gainesville, Florida, 2.1 percent
10. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia-Virginia-Maryland-West Virginia, 2.0 percent