Realtor.com 2018 forecast for Top 100 Cities, see your city rank?
Realtor.com just released their 2018 Forecast for Top 100 cities, see where your city ranks against others. Ranked by sales growth and price growth. Forecast to include increase inventory, interest rates going up, 2.5% growth nationally, and other leading indicators.
Which city do you like? Why?
Terry
Link https://research.realtor.com/2018-national-housing...
Summary of Top 100 list below.
Top 100 Largest U.S. Metros Ranked by Forecasted 2018 Sales and Price Growth
| Rank | Metro | 2018 Sales Growth | 2018 Price Growth |
| 1 | Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nev. | 4.90 | 6.90 |
| 2 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas | 6.02 | 5.57 |
| 3 | Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Fla. | 5.47 | 6.00 |
| 4 | Stockton-Lodi, Calif. | 4.55 | 6.43 |
| 5 | Lakeland-Winter Haven, Fla. | 3.00 | 7.00 |
| 6 | Salt Lake City, Utah | 4.62 | 4.50 |
| 7 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, N.C.-S.C. | 5.98 | 3.02 |
| 8 | Colorado Springs, Colo | 3.12 | 5.65 |
| 9 | Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, Tenn. | 1.00 | 7.67 |
| 10 | Tulsa, Okla. | 7.54 | 1.02 |
| 11 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Wash. | 2.34 | 6.21 |
| 12 | Spokane-Spokane Valley, Wash. | 3.50 | 4.97 |
| 13 | Austin-Round Rock, Texas | 4.04 | 4.42 |
| 14 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, Fla. | 3.10 | 5.28 |
| 15 | Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Ark. | 7.00 | 1.37 |
| 16 | Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. | 1.75 | 6.54 |
| 17 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Fla. | 1.24 | 6.88 |
| 18 | Toledo, Ohio | 5.16 | 2.95 |
| 19 | Columbia, S.C. | 5.07 | 3.00 |
| 20 | Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Fla. | 1.00 | 7.00 |
| 21 | Jacksonville, Fla. | 4.73 | 3.20 |
| 22 | Durham-Chapel Hill, N.C. | 5.18 | 2.62 |
| 23 | Providence-Warwick, R.I.-Mass. | 3.72 | 3.97 |
| 24 | Akron, Ohio | 5.89 | 1.70 |
| 25 | North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, Fla. | 3.00 | 4.50 |
| 26 | Chattanooga, Tenn.-Ga. | 3.50 | 4.00 |
| 27 | Worcester, Mass.-Conn. | 3.77 | 3.68 |
| 28 | Raleigh, N.C. | 1.63 | 5.77 |
| 29 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla. | 1.38 | 6.00 |
| 30 | Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Mich. | 2.96 | 4.25 |
| 31 | Boise City, Idaho | 2.00 | 5.00 |
| 32 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif. | 2.50 | 4.37 |
| 33 | Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, S.C. | 2.80 | 4.00 |
| 34 | Madison, Wis. | 1.72 | 5.05 |
| 35 | Albuquerque, N.M. | 2.92 | 3.71 |
| 36 | Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas | 2.24 | 4.19 |
| 37 | Winston-Salem, N.C. | 3.00 | 3.21 |
| 38 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif. | 0.52 | 5.66 |
| 39 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, N.Y. | 1.27 | 4.89 |
| 40 | Fresno, Calif. | 1.29 | 4.81 |
| 41 | San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, Calif. | 0.94 | 5.14 |
| 42 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, Mich. | 1.17 | 4.77 |
| 43 | Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Ariz. | 3.66 | 2.26 |
| 44 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, Calif. | 2.29 | 3.62 |
| 45 | Augusta-Richmond County, Ga.-S.C. | 2.50 | 3.34 |
| 46 | Tucson, Ariz. | 3.00 | 2.71 |
| 47 | San Diego-Carlsbad, Calif. | 2.51 | 3.19 |
| 48 | Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Ohio-Pa. | 3.01 | 2.50 |
| 49 | Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pa. | 2.50 | 3.00 |
| 50 | Cleveland-Elyria, Ohio | 3.00 | 2.48 |
| 51 | Birmingham-Hoover, Ala. | 3.00 | 2.42 |
| 52 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas | 2.38 | 3.00 |
| 53 | Charleston-North Charleston, S.C. | 3.64 | 1.69 |
| 54 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa. | 1.16 | 4.15 |
| 55 | Jackson, Miss. | 0.00 | 5.30 |
| 56 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Va.-N.C. | 1.40 | 3.82 |
| 57 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, Mass.-N.H. | 2.55 | 2.64 |
| 58 | Pittsburgh, Pa. | 3.53 | 1.62 |
| 59 | Oklahoma City, Okla. | 1.49 | 3.51 |
| 60 | Portland-South Portland, Maine | 5.00 | 0.00 |
| 61 | Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Fla | 1.00 | 3.99 |
| 62 | El Paso, Texas | 2.69 | 2.24 |
| 63 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minn.-Wis. | 0.00 | 4.93 |
| 64 | Knoxville, Tenn. | 2.00 | 2.92 |
| 65 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pa.-N.J. | 4.12 | 0.57 |
| 66 | Bakersfield, Calif. | 1.00 | 3.61 |
| 67 | Urban Honolulu, Hawaii | 1.43 | 3.11 |
| 68 | Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa | 3.20 | 1.19 |
| 69 | Greensboro-High Point, N.C. | 1.34 | 2.97 |
| 70 | Springfield, Mass. | 1.24 | 3.00 |
| 71 | New Orleans-Metairie, La. | 2.00 | 2.24 |
| 72 | Cincinnati, Ohio-Ky.-Ind. | 1.47 | 2.32 |
| 73 | Wichita, Ks. | 2.23 | 1.49 |
| 74 | Richmond, Va. | 2.68 | 1.02 |
| 75 | Columbus, Ohio | 0.05 | 3.58 |
| 76 | Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, Calif. | 1.00 | 2.61 |
| 77 | Rochester, N.Y. | 1.56 | 2.02 |
| 78 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Conn. | 4.46 | -1.05 |
| 79 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, N.Y. | 0.75 | 2.55 |
| 80 | Dayton, Ohio | 3.01 | 0.19 |
| 81 | Memphis, Tenn.-Miss.-Ark. | 1.37 | 1.82 |
| 82 | Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton, Pa. | 1.18 | 1.81 |
| 83 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md. | 3.78 | -1.04 |
| 84 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, Ill.-Ind.-Wis. | 0.00 | 2.57 |
| 85 | Syracuse, N.Y. | 0.00 | 2.57 |
| 86 | Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wis. | 0.00 | 2.48 |
| 87 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, Md. | 0.48 | 1.82 |
| 88 | New Haven-Milford, Conn. | 2.96 | -0.67 |
| 89 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md-W.V. | 0.00 | 2.25 |
| 90 | Omaha-Council Bluffs, Neb.-Iowa | 0.00 | 2.18 |
| 91 | Louisville/Jefferson County, Ky.-Ind. | -2.74 | 4.92 |
| 92 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas | 0.37 | 1.52 |
| 93 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Ore.-Wash. | -3.48 | 4.98 |
| 94 | Baton Rouge, La. | 0.00 | 1.50 |
| 95 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, Ga. | -1.88 | 2.99 |
| 96 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, Calif. | -2.10 | 3.09 |
| 97 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, Ind. | 3.49 | -2.53 |
| 98 | Kansas City, Mo-Kan. | 0.00 | -0.12 |
| 99 | St. Louis, Mo.-Ill. | 0.00 | -2.83 |
| 100 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Conn. | -0.35 | -2.87 |
Realtor.com’s model-based forecast uses data on the housing market and overall economy to estimate values for these variables for the year ahead. The forecast result is a projection for annual total sales increase (total 2018 existing-home sales vs. 2017) and annual median price increase (2018 median existing-home sales price vs. 2017).