Zillow launched an evaluation this week predicting the nation’s hottest housing markets of 2025, the place sellers have the best benefit.
The warmth rating takes native house worth progress under consideration in addition to how rapidly houses are promoting and job progress per new house.
Buffalo, New York was on the prime of the listing, for the second 12 months in a row. Zillow forecasts that the world would be the hottest housing market this 12 months due to its lower-than-average house costs and powerful house worth progress.
Buffalo additionally has the best variety of new jobs per new houses permitted, which suggests it has the best anticipated demand for housing. New jobs translate to new residents who transfer into an space, rising competitors and residential costs till builders can assemble sufficient homes to fulfill demand.
“Development that retains tempo with an space’s progress stays an important piece of retaining houses out there and accessible,” Zillow’s chief economist Skylar Olsen said in a press launch. “In chilly Buffalo, competitors amongst consumers will stay sizzling, with employment rising far quicker than builders are including houses.”
Zillow forecasted final 12 months that Buffalo could be a sizzling market in 2024 and was right. The realm was a powerful vendor’s market final 12 months, in accordance with Zillow’s personal market warmth index.
Second on the listing is Indianapolis, Indiana. With a typical house worth of $275,639 in 2024, Indianapolis stands out by way of affordability, which Zillow predicts will appeal to potential house consumers this 12 months.
Third, fourth, and fifth on the listing are Windfall, Rhode Island; Hartford, Connecticut; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Zillow says these areas stand out as prime housing markets due to their relative affordability in comparison with the costlier Northeastern areas they border, like New York and Boston.
Here is a listing of Zillow’s predictions for the highest 10 hottest housing markets within the U.S. in 2025, together with Zillow’s estimates of the everyday house worth in 2024 and residential worth progress forecast for 2025 in these areas.
1. Buffalo, NY
Zillow House Worth Index 2024: $260,537
2025 House Worth Progress Forecast: 2.8%
2. Indianapolis, IN
Zillow House Worth Index 2024: $275,639
2025 House Worth Progress Forecast: 3.4%
3. Windfall, RI
Zillow House Worth Index 2024: $484,019
2025 House Worth Progress Forecast: 3.7%
4. Hartford, CT
Zillow House Worth Index 2024: $363,298
2025 House Worth Progress Forecast: 4.2%
5. Philadelphia, PA
Zillow House Worth Index 2024: $362,744
2025 House Worth Progress Forecast: 2.6%
6. St. Louis, MO
Zillow House Worth Index 2024: $250,141
2025 House Worth Progress Forecast: 1.9%
7. Charlotte, NC
Zillow House Worth Index 2024: $377,450
2025 House Worth Progress Forecast: 3.2%
8. Kansas Metropolis, MO
Zillow House Worth Index 2024: $299,118
2025 House Worth Progress Forecast: 2.7%
9. Richmond, VA
Zillow House Worth Index 2024: $368,957
2025 House Worth Progress Forecast: 2.9%
10. Salt Lake Metropolis, UT
Zillow House Worth Index 2024: $543,324
2025 House Worth Progress Forecast: 2.3%