Hartford Tops Realtor.com's May Housing Market Rankings

The report measured demand by unique views per property and pace by days a listing remained active. Homes in the top 20 drew roughly three times the national average number of views per property and had a median time on market of 28 days.

20 hottest markets were in the Northeast or Midwest, with 15 in the Northeast and five in the Midwest. Hartford moved up four places from a year earlier and took the top spot for the first time since February 2025. In May, Hartford recorded 5.3 times the national average number of viewers per property. The typical home sold in 25 days, five days faster than a year earlier.

com listed Hartford's median listing price at $475,000. Amherst Town-Northampton, Massachusetts, ranked second with homes on the market for 19 days and a median price of $550,000. Waterbury-Shelton, Connecticut, placed third with 3.5 times the national average viewers per property and a median price of $400,000.

Norwich-New London, Connecticut, ranked fourth and Springfield, Massachusetts, fifth. Among large metros, New York-Newark-Jersey City rose 53 places year-over-year to 136th nationally.