Selling in one day: Seattle ranks 14 in Redfin poll

Seattle-based Redfin, a real estate brokerage, recently analyzed multiple listing service and additional housing data to reveal which metros are seeing some of the fastest home sales.

The company ranked cities that were seeing a home status go from listing to pending in less than one between October 1, 2012 and February 26, 2013.

Redfin reported the following cities are seeing the most “flash sales” – deals that go under contract within 24 hours of listing:

1. Phoenix: 540
2. Chicago: 261
3. Houston: 188
4. Dallas: 184
5. Austin: 163
6. San Diego: 135
7. Los Angeles: 132
8. Sacramento:128
9. Denver: 115
10. Portland: 115
11. Las Vegas: 100
12. Baltimore, Md.: 97
13. Washington, D.C.: 87
14. Seattle: 87
15. San Jose: 74