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 residence worth development into consideration in addition to how shortly properties are promoting and job development per new residence.
Buffalo, New York was on the prime of the record, for the second 12 months in a row. Zillow forecasts that the realm would be the hottest housing market this 12 months due to its lower-than-average residence costs and robust residence worth development.
Buffalo additionally has the best variety of new jobs per new properties permitted, which suggests it has the best anticipated demand for housing. New jobs translate to new residents who transfer into an space, growing competitors and residential costs till builders can assemble sufficient homes to fulfill demand.
“Development that retains tempo with an space’s development stays a vital piece of holding properties accessible 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 sooner than builders are including properties.”
Zillow forecasted final 12 months that Buffalo could be a sizzling market in 2024 and was appropriate. The world was a powerful vendor’s market final 12 months, in keeping with Zillow’s personal market warmth index.
Second on the record is Indianapolis, Indiana. With a typical residence worth of $275,639 in 2024, Indianapolis stands out by way of affordability, which Zillow predicts will entice potential residence consumers this 12 months.
Third, fourth, and fifth on the record 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.
This 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 standard residence worth in 2024 and residential worth development 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%
