3 of the Hottest Housing Markets in America are in Massachusetts
As a Massachusetts homeowner, it’s always nice when an article comes out proclaiming that Massachusetts has one of the hottest housing markets in the country. This is one of those…
As a Massachusetts homeowner, it's always nice when an article comes out proclaiming that Massachusetts has one of the hottest housing markets in the country. This is one of those articles. Yaaaaayyyy.
What Massachusetts cities are amongst the hottest housing markets?
Before we get there, let's back up a bit and explain where this info comes from. Realtor.com has recognized a trend in America: home price growth has slowed in much of the U.S. in recent months. So the team there set off to identy the cities where homes are selling fastest and prices continue to climb at higher rates than the rest of the country.
What were the hottest housing markets overall?
Topping the list - home of the current hottest housing market in America - is New England neighbor Manchester, New Hampshire! Congrats Granite State! Some stats that placed it atop the list: Manchester had 4.1 views per property, 19 median days on market and a median list price of $550,000. Rochester, NY is the second hottest market in the country according to the study. From there? Well, we start hitting the Massachusetts towns/cities so let's pause. You'll find our BIG 3 below.
Other New England cities/towns that were listed in the Top 10 Hottest Housing Markets: Concord, NH at #5 and Providence, RI at #10. Check out the full list RIGHT OVER HERE.
Boston
Boston is the #8 hottest housing market in the country and the #5 hottest in New England and #3 hottest in MA. The average property is currently taking 24 days to sell in Boston and the average listing is selling for $880,000.
The lights of the Boston skyline are reflected in the icy waters of the harbor
Worcester
Worcester is the #4 hottest housing market in America. In Worcester the average listing stays up for 23 days and the average property is selling for $500,000. It's the #3 hottest housing market in New England, #2 in Massachusetts.
Springfield
Surprised? Springfield has the hottest housing market in Massachusetts! The average property stays on the market for 27 days in Springfield and sells for $375,000 on average. Springfield has the #3 hottest housing market in America and the #2 hottest market in New England, behind only Manchester, NH.
