According to a new report from realtor.com, America has a new hottest zip code: 80916, making Colorado Springs the most in-demand area for real estate. Properties here spent an average of just four days on the market before selling, compared to 33 days nationwide.

The median price for homes in 80916 is $318,000; significantly lower than the $472,050 median for all of Colorado Springs, but represents a massive 20% uptick since last year—much of it fueled by buyers from California and Texas.

Realtor.com examined 29,000 zip codes nationwide during the first six months of 2021 and ranked them based on how quickly homes sold, along with how frequently listings were viewed online. (Another Colorado Springs zip code, 80911, took the top spot in 2020.)

The houses in 80916 are older (built in the 1970s and ’80s), cheaper, and more modest than others in the region. The southeast Springs area, about 75 miles south of Denver, is popular with military families looking for an easy commute to nearby Fort Carson. Colorado Springs Airport and Peterson Space Force Base are both 10 minutes away, and Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman are nearby too.

And 80916 is also popular with national corporate buyers, like Home Partners of America, who snatch up properties and lease them to tenants with an opportunity to buy.

Realtor.com’s other top zip codes were geographically diverse, although many were in New England—including two each in Massachusetts (01960 in Peabody and 01757 in Milford) and New Hampshire (03301 in Concord and 03103 in Manchester).

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