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A Recently published report De Realtor.com identified the American housing markets which turned out to be the “hottest” in February.
The real estate website has indicated the development of the list concerning the search for unique views that the properties attracted to Realtor.com for the request and duration of the lists live.
Three of the February markets-Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Manchester-Nashua and Kenosha-appeared before at the top of the January classification, although two of the slightly different positions, according to the report. The other two – Rockford and Lancaster – saw their spots increase in the heat classification of the first month of 2025.
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford skyline view of the Connecticut river with arriving lights, Connecticut. (Photo of: Visions of America / Joseph Sohm / Universal Images Group via Getty Images) (Visions of America / Joseph Sohm / Universal Images Group via Getty Images / Getty Images)
The Housing Market in Hartford, West Hartford and East Hartford showed “Red Hot Conditions” in February, the houses passing a median of 38 days for sale, according to the Realtor.com report. The lists of properties in the region last month led to 4.2 times more views than the national median.
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Manchester-Nashua, New Hampshire
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The 39 median days of the market in the Manchester-Nashua market on the market and 3.5 times more unique views compared to the national median led to the reception of first place in February. The report also noted that the sellers have reduced the price by 9.9% of houses on the market during the period.
Kenosha, Wisconsin
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The median price of houses in Kenosha was $ 338,000 in February, with properties purchased after a median of 36 days of reference, according to Realtor.com. The city is located just north of the Border the Wisconsin-Illinois And is on Lake Michigan.
Rockford, Illinois
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The report revealed that the Rockford houses, which climbed four places at the end of the month to the third stop in February, had 2.5 times more views than the national median. More than 146,000 people lived there in July 2023, according to the census office.
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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In this city in the Pennsylvania center-South Center, buyers caught a median houses of 37 days after their arrival on the market, according to the report. He also set the median registration price at $ 425,000.
A “for sale” sign outside a house in Atlanta, Georgia, the United States, Friday, February 17, 2023. The National Association of Realtors should publish sales figures for existing houses on February 21. Photographer: Dustin Chambers / Bloomberg via Getty Images (Dustin Chambers / Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)
The other markets that appeared among the first 10 of Realtor.com for Hotness in February were concord, New Hampshire; Worcester, Massachusetts; Springfield, Massachusetts; Boston-Cambridge-Newton, Massachusetts; and Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut.
Overall, the Realtor.com report examined the 20 hottest “hottens” markets.
The hottest markets have an average increase of 0.9% price compared to a year ago, depending on the report. At the same time, however, he found that prices in the majority of them were lower than $ 412,000 median for the United States
The time that houses on the hottest markets were on sale varied from 33 to 51 days, according to Realtor.com. According to the report, this was much lower than the national median.
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