Real Estate News: Redfin’s Top 30 List of Most Competitive Neighborhoods for Homebuyers in 2015 Can be Found in 4 Cities

In the recent report of Redfin, the real estate brokerage released a list of the top 30 neighborhoods in the United States with the most homebuyer competition during 2015.

The most shocking part of the report conducted by Redfin is that all of the top 30 neighborhoods can be found in four cities.

According to the press release of Redfin in Business Wire, It is not surprising that the competition of homebuyers in Boston, Seattle, Portland and San Francisco is very high due to the high-phased development of technology companies that provided sudden influx in the employment of the area.

"These four metro areas have set themselves apart in terms of attracting and creating high-wage jobs in tech, pharma, and finance, and that has heated up the local housing market. When a short supply of homes collides with high-income homebuyers, you get this hot, hyper-competitive climate," said Redfin chief economist Nela Richardson.

Redfin used data from multiple listing services (MLSes), public records and proprietary data on Redfin agent and customer activity and analyzed the gathered data by using multiple indicators of competition such as the percentage of homes that sold above asking price, how quickly homes went under contract and the percentage of Redfin offers that faced bidding wars.

Here is the list of the top 30 Most Competitive Neighborhoods for Homebuyers in 2015:

Neighborhood

Metro

1. Inman Square

Boston

2. Overlake

Seattle

3. Brightson

Boston

4. Roosevelt

Seattle

5. Hawthorne

Portland

6. Spring Hill

Boston

7. Grass Lawn

Seattle

8. Central Sunset

San Francisco

9. Phinney Ridge

Seattle

10. Cambridgeport

Seattle

11. Stevens

Seattle

12. Greenwood

Seattle

13. Noe Valley

San Francisco

14. Newport Hills

Seattle

15. Belmont

Portland

16. Victory Heights

Seattle

17. Green Lake

Seattle

18. Brentwood

Portland

19. Powder House

Boston

20. Madrona

Seattle

21. Richmond District

San Francisco

22. West Woodland

Seattle

23. Woodstock

Portland

24. Bernal Heights

San Francisco

25. Neighborhood Nine

Boston

26. Washington Square

Boston

27. East Arlington

Boston

28. Idylwood

Seattle

29. North Cambridge

Boston

30. Newport

Seattle

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