.
These 15 N.J. real estate markets are sizzling hot right now

Posted February 22, 2018 at 07:46 AM | Updated February 22, 2018 at 08:32 AM

By Erin Petenko | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

The Garden State's real estate market was not so hot this winter.

Prices increased a measly 1 percent last quarter, compared to 1.5 percent nationally, according to data provided by Zillow, the real estate website.

Home values still haven't quite rebounded from the recession. The average home in New Jersey was worth $311,600 last winter, lower than its peak in the third quarter of 2006.

But these markets are sizzling right now, reaching peak value in the last two quarters of 2017. We ranked them by how much home values have increased there in the past year.

Check out New Jersey's hottest housing markets right now.

http://www.nj.com/data/2018/02/these_ ... 2box_nj-homepage-featured