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

Affordability remains a barrier after the pandemic-era boom as home prices continue to rise and mortgage rates stay high.

FOX 13's Jordan Bowen reports on Tampa's housing market falling 19 spots in national rankings as the city continues to battle inflated growth and fallout from back-to-back hurricanes at the end of 2024.

Higher-than-usual homebuying costs, paired with low housing supply nationwide, has made the process of buying a home increasingly competitive. This has created what’s known as a “seller’s market” in several major cities,

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.

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%.