Dive Brief:
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The “hottest” neighborhood of 2015 is El Cerrito, CA, a part of San Diego, according to a Redfin analysis of the most popular communities among real estate agents and its website visitors.
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Next on the Top 10 list are: Dickinson Narrows in Philadelphia; East Atlanta; Little Neck in Queens, NY; Bohemia on Long Island; Curtis Park in Sacramento, CA; Andersonville in Chicago; Woodridge in Seattle; Crocker in San Francisco; and Woodridge in Washington, D.C.
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Among Redfin’s 2014 list of “hottest” neighborhoods, eight panned out to be top-selling communities, the online real estate brokerage claimed.
Dive Insight:
The definition of “hot” to describe the most desired neighborhoods for house hunters might be changing. The homes on Redfin's list are more affordable than trendy, and they are located not exclusively in cities or suburbs, but “in a sweet spot where affordability and convenience overlap.”