House Hunters International - Season 9 / Year 2017

Kate's humanitarian work is sending her to Paris for a new job opportunity, and she's calling in her friend and fellow expat, Jilian, to help her find the perfect apartment.

A romantic courtship brought Swedish opera singer Simon to the US, where he found love with artist Lana, but a dream job with the Royal Swedish Opera now has the lovebirds moving back to Sweden.

Canadians Scott and Nancy long dream of making a permanent home in Costa Rica; when the right time comes, they purchase two restaurants and need to find their dream home.

After years of working in Dubai, Sandy and Alan become anxious to permanently return to their home country of South Africa.

Arjun and Azee both grew up in Dubai but were born in India and Iran, and because the United Arab Emirates doesn't offer citizenship to foreigners, they decide to settle in Portugal due to its golden visa program.

A Boston couple follows the job opportunity of a lifetime to Sheffield, England, but the new job may not allow them time for renovation projects on a fixer-upper, so they weigh the option to push their budget for the perfect turnkey.

A couple follow a job opportunity to Mexico and search for the perfect new home with the modern conveniences to which they've become accustomed.

An Atlanta couple with hectic work schedules travels as a necessary escape from busy city life; after visiting Iceland, they fall in love with the area and decide to buy a vacation home there.

A travel-loving couple gives in to the lure of Southeast Asia and begins searching in Chiang Mai, Thailand, for a Western-style home with a pool and plenty of space for creativity.

After a few brutally cold winters in Chicago, Meeta seeks warmer climates and island living on the American territory of Guam.

South Carolina restaurant owner Kerri Rae, consumed with her business life, needs a place to get away, so she heads to Nosara, Costa Rica, to hunt for a second tropical home.

After holding various jobs in America, Stephanie decides to take charge of her future and start her own tourism company in Italy along the Amalfi Coast, where opportunity abounds and life can be lived at a slower pace.

It could be a midlife crisis or a healthy restart, but Kim and Mat decide to relocate from Texas to Christchurch, New Zealand.

Two professors relocate from West Virginia to Stellenbosch, South Africa, for new jobs, with their first priority on their two daughters' comfortable adjustment to their new life.

A couple prepare to leave their stressful jobs in New Jersey to become first-time bed-and-breakfast owners in Merida, Mexico.

After 25 years apart, Brent and Jennifer rekindle their flame and agree to move to St. Thomas to start a new phase of life together.

A California couple land teaching jobs in Morocco and pack up everything, but they find out their budget won't get them what they want in the city.

Tifany and Nathan dream of living abroad, and a teaching job offer in Saint-Germain-En-Laye, France, makes it a reality.

Retired law enforcement officers take a rest in sunny Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, after 26 years of vacationing there.

Synchronized swimmer Danielle experiences the perks of dual citizenship when she moves halfway around the world from Canada to train for the Australian Olympic team.

After a lifelong obsession with Africa, a woman moves her family to Cape Town, South Africa, and looks for a place that will provide the smoothest transition to a new culture.

Josh, his wife Whitney and their two boys move to Singapore for Josh's new job opportunity, and the couple swap roles for the first time in years, so their agent must find a place that suits both of their new needs.

Benn leaves his stable job in Singapore to pursue his lifelong dream of opening a sport fishing business in Costa Rica, making his supportive wife Cathy happy to have more family time with their young child.

A North Carolina woman accustomed to the spacious countryside follows a job opportunity to Berlin, where she looks for adequate space on a tight budget.

A couple decides to become residents of Amsterdam after falling in love with the charm of the Netherlands; he hopes to find the perfect home on the canals, but she recently moved from Japan to the United States and doesn't want to move again.

A couple of teachers who grew up living abroad want to give the same experience to their daughters in Antibes, France, and look for a handicapped-accessible home with few stairs and a bathtub, as well as plenty of outdoor space.

After reflecting on her life and dream of living abroad, Texas native Cheryl sells her possessions and moves with her dog, Penelope, to Auckland, New Zealand.

After getting fed up with their hectic lifestyle in Houston, a family trades car horns for howler monkeys in sunny Grecia, Costa Rica.

Nine years after vacationing on St. John, Julie and David have finally saved enough to make the move there from Colorado; he wants a home with an open-air design, while she prefers a modern, contemporary home.

Jessica and Matt are moving to Thailand so that their two adopted Thai children can learn about their birthplace.

Akee's world was turned upside down twelve years ago when Hurricane Katrina took his home and his family's livelihood away overnight, and now he's leaving New Orleans for college in Rome.

Ohio couple Diana and Tim are intent on buying a second home in Puerto Escondido, Mexico, so they downsize their possessions and assess their priorities.

Tim and Eric are fans of all things England and are moving there for Tim's graduate studies; Tim is cautious and doesn't want to break the bank, but Eric wants to be free with finances to truly experience the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Tax attorney Sameera has a busy life in Los Angeles and feels ready to take her professional life to the next level while finding more balance in a personal one on the island of Bermuda.

After four and half years in Abu Dhabi, a world-traveling couple is following a new job to Hanoi, Vietnam.

A family with a passion for travel follows a job opportunity to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, home to Mt. Kilimanjaro, the Serengeti and the Masai people, so they think the culture and warm tropical island vibe will be a perfect fit.

A couple leaves the rolling hills of Tennessee for a bombshell job offer in Nuremberg, Germany; he wants a modern home with a short commute, but she prefers a home with character in the city center.

A couple has the opportunity to move to Okinawa, Japan, for work and they know it's too good to pass up, but their son is going into his senior year and he is reluctant to say goodbye to all of his friends.

Globetrotting Hoosiers Pat and Karen are ready to make the move from Indiana to Ecuador, but with no mortgages, they must pay in full with their life savings.

After the loss of a job in Texas, a couple and their two daughters seize the opportunity to reinvent themselves in Castelli Romani, Italy.

After years of dreaming, a family of five leaves Upstate New York for Geelong, Victoria, Australia; the kids start school soon but the parents don't have jobs yet, so the pressure is on to get settled as soon as possible.

After leaving her successful career as a soap opera actress in South Africa, a San Diego stay-at-home mom receives an offer to come back on the show.

British native Keith and American Laura met while living in Bermuda and discovered their mutual dream of one day living in France, and have saved up enough money to move and open a bakery.

When a job opens up in the Midlands area of England, a Texas couple decides to jump on the opportunity to share a new culture with their kids.

A Texas couple decides it's time to make a permanent move to up-and-coming Progreso, Mexico; she's hoping the move will allow them to downsize, but he's bringing along a Texas-sized wish list.

Taru is ready to settle down after five years of sailing around the world.

After falling in love with the landscape and laid back lifestyle of New Zealand, two workaholics make the decision to move without jobs to rural Hawke's Bay.

Newlyweds Meghan and Jason are moving from Nashville, Tenn. to Antwerp, Belgium to fulfill her lifelong dream of living and working in Europe.

After an accident, Wendy and Simon are following their dream of opening a bed and breakfast in the Caribbean.

A Spanish teacher and her family are moving from Michigan to Pamplona, Spain after teaching the language for more than 20 years.

Scott, a New York pharmaceutical executive who rarely leaves the United States, has gotten a job promotion and a transfer to Berlin, Germany.

After 21 years of living in America, English native Jacky is ready to return to the Isle of Wight with her American husband Nick to help take care of her mother.

Newlyweds Kevin and Leigh are moving to Townsville, Australia so he can pursue a PhD in marine biology and fulfill his dream of studying near the Great Barrier Reef.

A couple blindside their 17-year-old daughter with a move to Budapest, Hungary, and to win her over, the parents promise her own en suite bathroom.

Fed up with their hectic lives in Chicago, a couple leave their jobs, sell their home and move to Samara, Costa Rica; she wants a home near town with plenty of room for the kids, but he focuses on spending as little of their savings as possible.

With rising real estate prices edging them out of a larger home in the Bay Area, Gary and Christine decide to quit their jobs, sell everything and move their family to Austria to run a bed-and-breakfast.

After visiting Italy as a teenager and vowing to return, a man and his partner decide to move to the medieval village of Guardia Sanframondi, with its mountainous views and inexpensive properties dating back to the 1500s.

Maja, Jack and their seven kids are a musical family who want to be in the creative European environment of Valencia, Spain; she wants to be surrounded by Spanish charm, but with so many mouths to feed, he is more concerned with the bottom line.

A San Francisco couple gets thrilled when a job transfer takes them and their beloved poodles to Amsterdam, but they keep finding steep stairs and a lack of outdoor space.

Newlyweds Amber and Erek are pursuing his dream of being a musician by moving from upstate New York to Amber's hometown of Bendigo, Australia, but they'll have to compromise on how close they'll live to downtown.

High school sweethearts Michael and Helene decide to move to historic Heidelberg, Germany, to facilitate their international travels, which they document in their successful lifestyle and travel blog.

A Spanish teacher and her family are moving from Michigan to Pamplona, Spain. After teaching Spanish for more than 20 years, Kristin has convinced her husband, Jim, and their daughter to sell their home and put their jobs on hold in order to pursue her dream of living in Spain. Kristin is eager to immerse her family in everything Pamplona's city center has to offer, but Jim feels that they will get more value away from town.

An Indiana woman looks to start a new chapter in her life by following a job promotion to Athens, Greece; she wants separation between her professional and social life, and thinks the best way of achieving that is to live in the middle of the city.

Amanda's dream job opportunity means moving from Nashville to Nuremberg, Germany; to soften the blow of leaving her family and friends behind, she's hoping to live a fairy-tale life in the heart of the city's social scene.

After deciding to work for herself, a woman chooses the remote Seychelles islands to start her new business.

An exhausted couple with two young kids decides to escape the Los Angeles rat race by taking a year-long sabbatical in Turin, Italy.

A woman's lifelong wish to live in Spain comes true when her husband decides to expand his hot-tub business to coastal Denia.

Fitness buffs Jeff and Carol prepare to leave freezing Pennsylvania winters behind for the tropical life in Playa Junquillal, Costa Rica.

World traveler Chris loves stand-up paddleboarding and dogs, and prepares to settle down on the beaches of Seventeen Seventy, Australia, to live a beach lifestyle.

Stuart and Rachel are ready to leave the cold, Canadian winters behind and move their family to his hometown of sunny Adelaide, Australia.

Medieval re-enactors Liz and Gordon are off to Ireland to pursue their dream of owning a castle where they can host events and live out their alter egos among authentic backdrops.

After losing their jobs on Maui, a couple decides to move from the small, quiet island to an affluent suburb eight miles from bustling Sydney, Australia; he wants a place with a view of the city, and she'll have stand her ground to stay on budget.

A Canadian couple is leaving everything behind in their hometown of Toronto for a new adventure in Prague.

Rick and Ron fall in love with Verona, Italy, and get ready to buy a home and start a new business in the historic city; Rick sets his sights on having an apartment in the heart of the city, but Ron wants a more affordable modern apartment.

After having a new baby, a globetrotting government employee decides it's time to find a more permanent home, and because his heritage is Italian, he wants to move his family to the historic city of Lucca, Italy.

A new job in Melbourne, Australia is uprooting a Nashville family from the only life they've ever known, and because they're moving across the globe, mom wants the one thing they never had at home- the beach.

After 40 years of the daily grind as a designer in New York, Fern is ready to fulfill her lifelong dream of living in Europe by moving to Lisbon, Portugal, and wants a home with charm near city center.

Former London residents Lara and Chad return with two kids in tow and focus on West London, which is close to Chad's work and more affordable.

Empty nesters are ready to purchase a piece of paradise in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; he wants to live on the beach, but she wants an authentic Mexican experience in the jungle.

After maintaining a long distance relationship for nine months, a woman moves to Berlin to be with her long-lost sweetheart; without a job, she'll need to rely on him financially, but she won't budge on her dream of living in a historic German home.

A couple moves to Las Penitas, Nicaragua, and hopes to rent out extra rooms in the new home to make up for lost income; she wants a turn-key home away from the hustle and bustle, but he thinks being near a vibrant community will draw in more guests.