Home prices are expected to slow in the new year. Prices nationwide are forecasted to increase 3.2 percent year over year in 2018, which is slower than the forecasted 5.5 percent year-over-year jump forecasted to round out 2017, according to realtor.com®’s 2018 National Housing Forecast.
Several metros likely won’t see much of a slowdown in home prices or sales in the new year. Realtor.com® has ranked the top 100 largest metros by the forecasted 2018 sales and price growth.
| 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) |
Source: realtor.com®
