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2025 Real Estate Forecast: 15 Top Markets on the East Coast

January 13, 2025

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Written by Travis Woods

Edited by Chris Cluff

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It has been a rocky few years for the American real estate market, with dwindling home production, low housing inventory and skyrocketing mortgage rates depressing home sales. That said, Realtor.com sees light at the end of the tunnel in 2025.

The website recently presented a national housing forecast for the United States. It found that the market is likely to improve with lowering mortgage rates, increased housing production and higher housing inventories. Moreover, it found a deep regional concentration of this development occurring in the West and South, with a great deal of 2025’s top housing markets popping up in the Sun Belt.

That said, the Midwest and the East Coast are also likely to see some strong housing market developments. Find out whether your favorite East Coast city made the list.

Virginia Beach, Virginia

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%

Richmond, Virginia

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: 27.7%

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Orlando, Florida

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%

Greensboro, North Carolina

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: 25.0%

Durham, North Carolina

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%

Charlotte, North Carolina

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%

Jacksonville, Florida

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%

Cape Coral, Florida

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%

Washington, D.C.

Also includes: Arlington, Alexandria
2025 existing home sale counts year over year: 17.0%
2025 existing home median sale price year over year: 5.0%
Combined 2025 existing home sales and price growth: 22.0%

Lakeland, Florida

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%

Tampa, Florida

Also includes: St. Petersburg, Clearwater
2025 existing home sale counts year over year: 9.1%
2025 existing home median sale price year over year: 11.8%
Combined 2025 existing home sales and price growth: 20.9%

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Allentown, Pennsylvania

Also includes: Bethlehem, Easton
2025 existing home sale counts year over year: 12.3%
2025 existing home median sale price year over year: 8.0%
Combined 2025 existing home sales and price growth: 20.3%

Columbia, South Carolina

2025 existing home sale counts year over year: 12.1%
2025 existing home median sale price year over year: 8.2%
Combined 2025 existing home sales and price growth: 20.3%

Baltimore

Also includes: Columbia, Towson
2025 existing home sale counts year over year: 16.2%
2025 existing home median sale price year over year: 2.7%
Combined 2025 existing home sales and price growth: 18.9%

Miami

Also includes: Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach
2025 existing home sale counts year over year: 24.0%
2025 existing home median sale price year over year: 9.0%
Combined 2025 existing home sales and price growth: 33.0%

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