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.

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 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.

In upstate New York, there’s a red-hot housing market to watch this year, according to Zillow — though its construction is struggling to keep up.

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

With steep competition to find a home in the new year, these cities offer affordable options for buyers in the housing market.

The Buffalo metro area will be the hottest housing market in the nation in 2025, according to real estate website Zillow. It’s the second year in a row the site projected Buffalo as the nation’s hottest market and the first time a market has held the title in back-to-back years

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

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.

While the city is best known for being the home of the Buffalo Bills and the birthplace of the chicken wing, Buffalo became the booming metropolitan area to move to in 2024 and the demand is still going strong in the new year — and it turns out what defines a “hot” job market is a little more nuanced than I previously expected.

Buffalo- a city that sits on New York’s western border with Canada has been named the hottest housing market for 2025, according to a new report from Zillow. This recognition comes as the city grapples with a growing gap between housing demand and supply.

In a Zillow ranking released on Tuesday, Providence and its metro area ranked as the third hottest market in the country, rising two places from where Zillow put it last year. Zillow ranked the 50 largest metro areas in the country. The only hotter markets, where it's even harder to buy a house, are Buffalo, New York and Indianapolis, Indiana.