Colorado’s Front Range claimed three of the country’s hottest housing markets in March, according to a report Wednesday from .
The residential listing website releases a “hotness index” each month that looks at the number of views for home listings and how quickly listings sell in hundreds of markets.
In March, Denver ranked third, up from fourth in February. Denver has long been a top market in home sales and price appreciation.
Colorado Springs jumped from 18th to 11th, while Boulder dropped from 13th to 18th.
Colorado had more cities in the top 20 of any state except California, which had 13.
The median age of a home listing in metro Denver dropped to 36 days in March from 45 in February. Colorado Spring saw an even larger drop, from 67 days in February to 44 in March. In Boulder, the median listing age dropped from 48 days to 40.
Nationally, homes moved on and off the market 12 days faster than they did in March 2015 and 19 days faster than they did in February.
The median age of a listing nationally in March was 77 days.
“The early readings on March inventory and activity on indicate that early-bird buyers are emerging in markets that typically have buyers sidelined with winter weather,” said Jonathan Smoke, a economist, in the report.
The country’s hottest housing market remains San Francisco-Oakland. The median inventory age there was 24 days in March, followed by Vallejo-Fairfield, Calif., at 38 days.
