Home sales in the Hartford metro area ranked the third highest in the country in September in a new national survey released Thursday, fresh evidence of the hot housing market in Connecticut.
The Hartford metro area -- which includes Hartford, Tolland and Middlesex counties -- had a 33.3% jump in closed sales in September, compared with a year ago, placing it just behind the perennially hot market of San Francisco, which came in with a 34.7% increase. Billings, Montana grabbed the top spot with sales that soared 37.1%.
The survey, released by real estate giant RE/MAX, was based on a study of 53 metro areas across the country.