Tarrant County town hottest U.S. housing market for 2017

​​​​WATAUGA – For the second year in a row, this North Texas city is being honored as the country’s hottest housing market, by Realtor.com.

Located north of Fort Worth, Watauga takes up only about four square miles and has a population of more than 25,000.

Realtor.com rates the markets based on home affordability, the job market and the number of millennial residents and buyers.

The online home sales site says that houses up for sale in Watauga receive five times more buyer views online than homes in the rest of the country and sell in an average of 18 days.

Watagua’s median home price this year is $160,441—up 12.4 percent over 2016.​