Key Highlight
- Part III in this multipart series on Emerging Trends in Real Estate focuses on national markets to watch
- Real estate composed of equal parts local, state and national market
Part III – Markets to Watch
Individual buyers, companies, homebuilders, and real estate practitioners are often laser-focused on particular local/regional markets. Large developers and investors may have wider lenses.
All real estate consumers need to consider supply and demand issues, risk tolerance, in- and out-migration patterns, racial equity, safety concerns and various categories of real estate markets.
The Emerging Trends in Real Estate report ranks 80 of the top markets in each category. We are ranking just the very top markets in each category. Take a look:
Overall Prospects
Raleigh/Durham
Austin
Nashville
Dallas/Fort Worth
Charlotte
Tampa/St. Petersburg
Salt Lake City
Washington DC – Northern Virginia
Boston
Long Island
Atlanta
San Antonio
Homebuilding Prospects
Raleigh/Durham
Austin
Dallas/Fort Worth
Jacksonville
Tampa/St. Petersburg
San Antonio
Boise
Atlanta
Denver
Nashville
Charlotte
Cape Coral/Fort Myers/Naples
Grouping the Markets
Magnets
- Super Sun Belt
- Atlanta
- Dallas/Fort Worth
- Houston
- Phoenix
- San Antonio
- Tampa/St. Petersburg
- 18-Hour Cities
- Austin
- Charlotte
- Denver
- Minneapolis
- Nashville
- Portland OR
- Raleigh/Durham
- Salt Lake City
- San Diego
- Seattle
- The Sunshine State
- Fort Lauderdale
- Jacksonville
- Miami
- West Palm Beach
The Establishment
- Multitalented Metro Areas
- Boston
- Chicago
- Los Angeles
- New York-Brooklyn
- New York – Manhattan
- Philadelphia
- Specialized Economies
- Oakland/East Bay
- San Francisco
- San Jose
- Washington DC-District
- Suburbs Ascending
- Island Empire
- Jersey City
- Long Island
- New York – other boroughs
- Northern New Jersey
- Orange County
- Westchester NY/Fairfield CT
- Washington DC/Northern VA
Niche
- Boutique Markets
- Boise
- Chattanooga
- Des Moines
- Greenville SC
- Knoxville
- Omaha
- Portland ME
- Richmond
- Eds and Meds
- Baltimore
- Columbus
- Gainesville
- Madison
- Memphis
- Pittsburgh
- Tallahassee
- Visitor and Convention Centers
- Cape coral.Fort Mhyers/Naples
- Charleston
- Deltona/Daytona
- Honolulu
- Lasvegas
- New Orleans
- Orlando
- Virginia Beach/Norfolk
Backbone Markets
- The Affordable West
- Albuquerque
- Sacramento
- Spokane WA/Coeur d’Alene ID
- Tacoma
- Tucson
- Determined Competitors
- Birmingham
- Indianapolis
- Kansas City MO
- Louisville
- Oklahoma City
- Reinventing
- Buffalo
- Cincinnati
- Cleveland
- Detroit
- Hartford
- Milwaukee
- Providence
- Louis
Investor Demand
Austin
Dallas/Fort Worth
Nashville
Charlotte
Boston Raleigh/Durham
Atlanta
Denver
Long Island
Seattle
Inland Empire
Fort Lauderdale
Washington DC/Northern VA
Development/Redevelopment Opportunities
Raleigh/Durham
Charlotte
Northern New Jersey
Austin
Phoenix
Inland Empire
New York-Brooklyn
Nashville
Dallas/Fort Worth
Tampa/St. Petersburg
Salt Lake City
San Antonio
Industrial Buy Recommendations
Raleigh/Durham
Northern New Jersey
Dallas/Fort Worth
Austin
Denver
Inland Empire
Los Angeles
Washington DC/Northern VA
Indianapolis
Tampa/St. Petersburg
Atlanta
Indianapolis
For other category sectors, such as multifamily buy/sell recommendations, office properties, hotel properties, retail properties, etc. go to
Thanks to PwC and the Urban Land Institute.
