The term "hot" in this context often refers to "hot-tempered" drama, "hot" romance, or "red-hot" suspense. Placing intense, messy human emotions inside a pristine, beautiful house creates a compelling visual irony.
But the house with the nice view had never belonged to any single patience. It had been many things at once: a refuge, a springboard, a place where grief was allowed to fold itself into the wallpaper. Lena began to catalog what would be missed: the evening train’s whistle, the way clouds gathered low over the river in late July, the smell of coffee from the bakery mixing with the orchard blossoms at dawn. She wrote a list and pinned it to the inside of the linen closet, under the towels, where she could find it and be fierce with her memory.
There is a psychological reason why audiences are drawn to films featuring luxury real estate. The "house with a nice view" represents aspiration, isolation, and often, a gilded cage.