Real Estate

Real Estate Website Loves West Hartford

The national real estate website Zillow.com Tuesday released its top 10 list of most-searched communities in the country.

The Town of West Hartford is among the top 10 most-searched communities on Zillow.com in 2023.
The Town of West Hartford is among the top 10 most-searched communities on Zillow.com in 2023. (Tim Jensen/Patch)

WEST HARTFORD, CT — Those looking for homes viaZillow.com searched enough times for West Hartford homes in 2023 for the town to make the real estate website's top 10 list for the year.

According to Zillow, West Hartford was the fifth most searched town in the country, with Wethersfield topping West Hartford in Connecticut at fourth and West Chester, Pa., topping the list overall.

Newington was also listed at number nine, according to Zillow.

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Generally, searchers were looking at so-called "small cities" with populations less than 100,000 as a place to move, according to the website.

"Zillow analyzed housing metrics that indicate consumer demand, including page-view traffic, home value growth and days on market, for more than 2,000 U.S. cities to rank the most popular markets among Zillow surfers," wrote Zillow on its website Tuesday.

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