Zillow has forecasted the hottest housing markets for 2025, highlighting Connecticut's Hartford area as seeing significant growth and popularity.

Zillow has ranked the hottest major housing markets in 2025 and one of the top five is in Connecticut. Hartford came in fourth, up from 15th place in 2024. These are the top 5: Zillow said the ranking takes into account the company’s forecast for local home value growth and how quickly homes are selling.

In this year's ranking, small towns in the Northeast dominated for the second year in a row, including four in Connecticut: Stamford in third place, Bridgeport in fifth place, New Haven in eighth place and Waterbury in ninth place.

Zillow released an analysis this week predicting the nation's hottest housing markets of 2025, where sellers have the greatest advantage. The heat ranking takes local home value growth into account as well as how quickly homes are selling and job growth per new home.

Zillow predicts that the greater Hartford metropolitan area will be Connecticut’s next hottest housing market in 2025, despite the actual city proper being left off a similar 2024 list ...

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The hottest housing markets shared relative affordability and supply that trailed demand, Zillow said in its report. Indianapolis' second-place ranking was attributed to its strong home price forecast for 2025, increasing from 2.8% annual appreciation in 2024 to 3.4% in 2025.

Zillow says relative affordability and job growth will be the key drivers among the most competitive markets for buyers in 2025.

For the second year in a row, Zillow — a real estate website — predicts that a specific city in New York will be the most competitive for buyers in the coming year in the United States. Buffalo is predicted by Zillow to have the hottest housing market in the United States.

As 2025's real estate market starts to heat up, Zillow is predicting one city will stand out as this year's hottest major housing market. While I thought an urban epicenter with a high cost of living like New York City would take the title,

Buffalo is home to the hottest major housing market in 2025, according to a newly released report by Zillow, and it's the first time a market has held the title in back-to-back years.

A little-known city in Illinois has been named the s urprising hottest housing market in the country. Rockford, known for its charming streets and lush greenery, has leapt to the