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Sewell just ranked
third hottest in the country
Realtor.com placed Sewell's 08080 third on its 2026 Hottest ZIP Codes in America list, the strongest New Jersey finish after Montclair at No. 2.
- Realtor.com placed Sewell 08080 third on its 2026 Hottest ZIP Codes in America list, the strongest New Jersey finish after Montclair at No. 2
- Listings there drew 3.8 times more views than the typical American home, and went under contract in a median of 25 days
- Median listing price was $426,000. Across the ten hottest ZIP codes, nine saw homes sell at or above asking
Reported by ROI-NJ. Summary in our words.
Peabody, Massachusetts took No. 1 on Realtor.com's 2026 list, Montclair, New Jersey took No. 2, and Sewell, ZIP 08080, took No. 3. A third New Jersey ZIP, Hackettstown 07840, came in at No. 19.
Listings in 08080 drew 3.8 times the views of the typical American home and went under contract in a median of 25 days. The median listing price was $426,000. Realtor.com's senior economist, Hannah Jones, said buyers in these markets are chasing space, character and a workable commute rather than the lowest price, and arrive better prepared financially than the national norm.
Across the ten hottest ZIPs, homes sold 30 to 42 days faster than the national pace, and nine of the ten saw homes go for at or above asking. The average sale-to-list ratio in the top ten was about 103.8 percent, against a national figure of about 2.3 percent under list in the first half of 2026.
Buyers here are also better prepared than average. Across the list, the average down payment was 17.1 percent against about 13.1 percent nationally, and the average median credit score was 766 against about 747. In Sewell, median household income runs 39.6 percent ahead of what it takes to afford the local median home.
Supply is tight in these markets. For-sale inventory nationally sat 11.3 percent below pre-pandemic levels as of June 2026; in the hottest ZIPs that gap was 60.5 percent.
Summary of reporting by ROI-NJ, in our words. Rankings and figures are Realtor.com's, as reported. General information, not advice about any specific property. The JK Realty Group, brokered with OMNI Real Estate Professionals. Equal Housing Opportunity. See our Terms of Use for how we source and credit these posts.
Our take
A national ranking pulls in buyers from outside the area, not just neighbors. If you own in 08080 and have been weighing a move, this is the kind of attention that tends to show up in the offers you get.
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