6 IL Towns Among America's 'Hottest' Housing Markets

ILLINOIS – Six Illinois towns have made a list of the hottest 150 real estate markets in the nation, according to a new ranking from Realtor.com.

Rockford took home the state's highest ranking, at 17th in the nation, according to the site.

"The Realtor.com Market Hotness Index exposes how local areas are experiencing fast moving supply and rising demand," experts explain. "Using proprietary insights on buyer activity and the most comprehensive data on active inventory, the analysis breaks down demand and supply dynamics to rank metro areas, counties and zip codes relative to the rest of the country."

The total amount of views each listing gets online is also used as an indicator of demand. Meanwhile, supply is measured by the median amount of days a home spends on the market in that given city.

Nashua, New Hampshire took the top spot in the country, followed by Rochester, New York. See the full list of Realtor.com's hottest markets in the nation here.

Some of Illinois' major metro areas made the top 100 as well, with Springfield ranking at No. 18, Peoria at No. 21 and Chicago-Naperville-Elgin at 52.

The full Illinois list is included below:

17. Rockford

18. Springfield

21. Peoria (tied with Lancaster, PA)

52. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin

69. Bloomington

131. Urbana-Champaign

Justin Heinze, Patch Staff, contributed