2024’s hottest ZIP codes and hidden gems

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2024’s hottest ZIP codes and hidden gems

Neil Narayan
Real Estate Broker · Austin, TX · Member since 2015 · 715 posts · 527 votes

Opendoor Technologies Inc. has released its annual list of the hottest ZIP codes in the country for home sales. 

This year’s most popular areas are known for being fast-growing cities with plenty of new development, with in Florida and Texas in particular. If you’re looking to start over in 2025, use our top 20 list as your moving companion guide:

  1. 1) Katy, TX - 77493
  2. 2) Cypress, TX - 77433
  3. 3) San Antonio, TX - 78253
  4. 4) New Braunfels, TX - 78130
  5. 5) Summerville, SC - 29486
  6. 6) Forney, TX - 75126
  7. 7) Yukon, OK - 73099
  8. 8) Clarksville, TN - 37042
  9. 9) Parrish, FL - 34219
  10. 10) Kyle, TX - 78640
  11. 11) Davenport, FL - 33837
  12. 12) McKinney, TX - 75071
  13. 13) Winter Garden, FL - 34787
  14. 14) Saint Augustine, FL - 32092
  15. 15) Haines City, FL - 33844
  16. 16) Palm Coast, FL - 32137
  17. 17) Venice, FL - 34293
  18. 18) Maricopa, AZ - 85138
  19. 19) Ocala, FL - 34473
  20. 20) Fuquay Varina, NC - 27526
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V.G JasonPro Member
Investor · Member since 2022 · 3k+ posts · 3k+ votes
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This is the list to not invest in without extreme careful attention to detail.

Don't go where the masses are going. This isn't to be contrarian, it's just not to deal with saturation.

If you know these markets, continue to invest. If you don't, this is an advertisement of what to avoid.

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  • Mills Thumser
    Lender · Member since 2024 · 33 posts · 4 votes
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    Thanks for sharing, Neil! Very cool to see, and I definitely agree with many of these.

    FL and TX have been very popular and have large markets we try to help revitalize as well! 

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  • Joseph BeilkeBusiness Member
    Real Estate Agent · Palm Coast, FL · Member since 2018 · 363 posts · 243 votes
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    Sold two STR in 32137 this past fall. Great place to invest!

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  • V.G JasonPro Member
    Investor · Member since 2022 · 3k+ posts · 3k+ votes
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    This is the list to not invest in without extreme careful attention to detail.

    Don't go where the masses are going. This isn't to be contrarian, it's just not to deal with saturation.

    If you know these markets, continue to invest. If you don't, this is an advertisement of what to avoid.

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  • Costin I.
    Rental Property Investor · Round Rock, TX · Member since 2016 · 1k+ posts · 971 votes
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    @Neil Narayan - what do they call "the hottest ZIP codes"? 

    The ZIPs with the most activity? With most inventory? With most price drops (as in "hot, don't touch")?

    I don't know about other areas in TX, but I keep a close eye on Austin-SAN corridor, and I'm familiar with the market in Kyle, New Braunfels and NE San Antonio. And IMHO, the prices are dropping big time (on avg. 10K/month...houses that were above 300K a year ago are not selling at 250K now) and the available rentals saturation is worse than I seen during summer season (with rents dropping from 1$-1.08/sqft to 0.8$/sqft and very little contacts and applications...just go in Zillow and look how many rentals are on the market now in Kyle, New Braunfels or Converse). 

    So, hot Zip codes, don't touch or you'll get burned. Or buying opportunities if the bottom is reached soon. All depending on perspective.

    I would take it with a big grain of salt, I think Opendoor is trying to drum up interest, given how many properties, they and other institutional buyers, are having on the market (e.g. AMH4Rent dumping their TX portfolio, just do a search in Kyle and Buda). 

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  • Neil Narayan
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    Real Estate Broker · Austin, TX · Member since 2015 · 715 posts · 527 votes
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    Any article on the internet should be taken with a grain of salt and up to your discretion on how you want to take it and want you can gleam from it :)

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  • Ryan KellyBusiness Member
    Real Estate Broker · Austin, TX · Member since 2018 · 1k+ posts · 1k+ votes
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    The article is based on # of sales, not price increase or decrease. Kyle is selling like crazy BECAUSE of the price drops and builder incentives. 

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  • Gonzalo Vodopivec
    Rental Property Investor · Dallas, TX · Member since 2023 · 4 posts · 2 votes
    1y

    So interesting to see they captured many TX markets where it's all about new development. Thank you for sharing.

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  • Devin Conley
    San Diego · Member since 2024 · 44 posts · 20 votes
    1y

    Interesting view to surface some of the most active housing markets! Thanks for the share @Neil Narayan

    And good point on considering other metrics like home value growth, price drops, etc @Ryan Kelly

    For anyone interested, here are some visualizations on these zipcodes

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  • Emily Valderrama
    Real Estate Agent · Member since 2024 · 2 posts · 1 vote
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    Thank you for sharing! As a Floridian I can confirm that Winter Garden is HOT. The growth in the past five years has been incredible! 

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