Buffalo thunders back as Zillow's hottest market for 2025

Affordability and job growth are key drivers of competition  Competition among buyers never cooled in Buffalo last year, and that heat should keep smoldering through 2025. Hot markets spread from the Northeast, Great Lakes and South regions into the Midwest and West. Virginia Beach jumped farthest up the list from 2024, leapfrogging over 23 markets. SEATTLE, Jan. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Buffalo, New York, will be the hottest major housing market in 2025, according to a new analysis by Zillow®, the first tim ...