2025 Real Estate Forecast: 15 Top Markets in the South

After years of high mortgage rates, depleted housing inventories and low home production numbers, the American housing market has been on unsteady ground.

In a recent national housing forecast, Realtor.com predicted that a great deal of the top housing markets will be in the South and West, with the top 10 markets exclusively located in the Sun Belt. The South is strongly represented in that top 10 — with such states as Texas, Georgia and more — as well as throughout the remainder of the list.

Find out whether your favorite Southern city landed on the list.

• Also includes: Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach
• 2025 existing home sale counts year over year: 24%
• 2025 existing home median sale price year over year: 9%
• Combined 2025 existing home sales and price growth: 33%

• Also includes: Norfolk, Newport News
• 2025 existing home sale counts year over year: 23.4%
• 2025 existing home median sale price year over year: 6.6%
• Combined 2025 existing home sales and price growth: 30.0%

• 2025 existing home sale counts year over year: 19.3%
• 2025 existing home median sale price year over year: 8.4%
• Combined 2025 existing home sales and price growth: 27.7%

• 2025 existing home sale counts year over year: 21.6%
• 2025 existing home median sale price year over year: 6.1%
• Combined 2025 existing home sales and price growth: 27.6%

• Also includes: Kissimmee, Sanford
• 2025 existing home sale counts year over year: 15.2%
• 2025 existing home median sale price year over year: 12.1%
• Combined 2025 existing home sales and price growth: 27.3%

• Also includes: Edinburg, Mission
• 2025 existing home sale counts year over year: 19.8%
• 2025 existing home median sale price year over year: 7.0%
• Combined 2025 existing home sales and price growth: 26.8%

• Also includes: Sandy Springs and Roswell, Georgia
• 2025 existing home sale counts year over year: 15.1%
• 2025 existing home median sale price year over year: 10.2%
• Combined 2025 existing home sales and price growth: 25.3%

• Also includes: High Point
• 2025 existing home sale counts year over year: 17.3%
• 2025 existing home median sale price year over year: 7.7%
• Combined 2025 existing home sales and price growth: 25%

• Also includes: Round Rock
• 2025 existing home sale counts year over year: 14.5%
• 2025 existing home median sale price year over year: 10.2%
• Combined 2025 existing home sales and price growth: 24.7%

• Also includes: Chapel Hill
• 2025 existing home sale counts year over year: 14.1%
• 2025 existing home median sale price year over year: 10.1%
• Combined 2025 existing home sales and price growth: 24.2%

• Also includes: Concord, Gastonia
• 2025 existing home sale counts year over year: 15.7%
• 2025 existing home median sale price year over year: 8.4%
• Combined 2025 existing home sales and price growth: 24.1%

• Also includes: North Little Rock, Conway
• 2025 existing home sale counts year over year: 18.6%
• 2025 existing home median sale price year over year: 4.8%
• Combined 2025 existing home sales and price growth: 23.4%

• 2025 existing home sale counts year over year: 13.5%
• 2025 existing home median sale price year over year: 9.8%
• Combined 2025 existing home sales and price growth: 23.3%

• Also includes: Fort Myers
• 2025 existing home sale counts year over year: 13.2%
• 2025 existing home median sale price year over year: 9.6%
• Combined 2025 existing home sales and price growth: 22.8%

• Also includes: Winter Haven
• 2025 existing home sale counts year over year: 10.6%
• 2025 existing home median sale price year over year: 10.3%
• Combined 2025 existing home sales and price growth: 20.9%