If you follow real estate news, you’ve probably heard markets are slowing down. After years of a steady rise in home prices, 2019 is predicted to be a year with more houses up for sale than there are buyers. But this isn’t the case everywhere. In fact, some cities are pegged to be red-hot real-estate markets, where both the number of sales and prices will shoot up.
Realtor.com identified the 10 best markets in the U.S. by analyzing new home construction, local economies, unemployment rates, median household income and other factors. The top markets represent a diverse swath of America, from the Midwest to the Southeast, from bedroom communities to major metropolises.
Las Vegas makes the list at spot #7 of the hottest real estate markets in America. With median home prices at $320,049 the predicted price growth is 7.9%.