Midland housing market outsizzles Boston, San Francisco, Houston

The Texas oil town of Midland edged out Boston and San Francisco as the hottest real estate market in the country in April, while Houston stayed on the cooler side, a new report showed.

Midland landed the top spot among 300 metro areas tracked by realtor.com’s Market Hotness Index, which measures time-on-the-market data and listings views per property.

Homes in Midland currently list for a median of $299,000 on realtor.com. That compares with $749,000 for Boston and $1.29 million for San Francisco. It is $14,000 higher than Houston’s median list price.

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