Buffalo, NY nabbed the top spot on Zillow's 2025 hottest housing market predictions for the second year in a row.

With a median listing price of $250,000, Kansas City is next on the list of the most competitive housing markets in 2025. Coming in at no. 7 is Charlotte. As of December 2024, the median listing price in the city was $425,000.

Buffalo, New York is expected to be the hottest major housing market in the U.S., for the second year in a row, according to Zillow.

Sellers looking to off-load properties in the Midwest, Northeast, and South in the next 12 months may be in for a good year, according to Zillow. The real estate website recently released its forecast predicting the hottest housing markets for 2025—and most of the top 10 cities are in these regions.

Charlotte held the highest rank among Southern markets on Zillow's list. Richmond, Virginia, also appeared among the top 10, ranking at No. 9. Raleigh, the only other North or South Carolina metro in the analysis, ranked at No. 21 — down four spots from last year.

Hartford, Conn., was also forecasted to be among the top markets by the real estate listing website, but Boston ranked 16th among the 50 metro areas compared.

Buffalo, a city in far western New York and the second largest in the state, has emerged as the country’s hottest housing market for 2025, according to Zillow, as high demand and limited supply send prices soaring.

ZIllow ranks the City of Brotherly Love as the 5th hottest market for this year, where home value growth is expected to jump 2.6%.