These 10 ZIP Codes Are on Fire in 2025—Where Homebuyers Are Fighting to Get In

Move over, Wall Street—the real action’s in these neighborhoods. A new study just dropped the top 10 ZIP codes where homebuyers are throwing down cash like it’s 2021 meme stocks. Spoiler: your savings account won’t cut it here.

Why the frenzy? Blame the usual suspects—remote work, migration trends, and that sweet, sweet FOMO. These aren’t just addresses; they’re golden tickets for investors who’d rather bet on bricks than Bitcoin (though let’s be honest, both are volatile as hell).

Pro tip: If you’re not already pre-approved, don’t bother. The sharks—sorry, ‘savvy buyers’—circled months ago. And remember: when the Fed inevitably pivots, today’s ‘hot’ market could be tomorrow’s foreclosure auction. Happy house hunting!

Key Takeaways

• The Northeast and Midwest are home to the 10 "hottest" ZIP codes this year, a new Realtor.com study shows.
• The ZIP codes spread across Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Ohio, and Missouri.
• Realtor.com found that homes in those areas were viewed more often, and spent much less time on the market than the national average.

The Secret Sauce: What Turns a Regular ZIP Code Into a Real Estate Hotspot

A new report from Realtor.com out Tuesday identified the 10 "hottest" ZIP codes in the country, analyzing how often for-sale homes were viewed on its platform, how long homes typically spent on the market, and the average selling price.

Homes available for sale in the top 10 areas had about 3.6 times as many views as average and spent between 30 to 42 fewer days on the market than average, with all 10 ZIP codes having median for-sale listing times of less than one month.

The 10 ZIP codes were concentrated in two regions: the Northeast and the Midwest. Realtor.com said this is the third year in a row with no ZIP codes from the South or West on the list, and this year's list has two ZIP codes in common with last year's group.

Here are the top 10 hottest ZIP codes so far this year, per Realtor.com:

Beverly, Massachusetts: 01915

Beverly sits on the coast, about 20 miles northeast of Boston. Homes for sale in the city this year had 4.6 times more views than the U.S. average and spent a median of just 16 days on the market, but this ZIP code had the list's highest median listing price of $746,000.

Marlton, New Jersey: 08053

Marlton is about 20 miles east of the Pennsylvania border, with Philadelphia just on the other side of the Delaware River. Listings had 3.9 times more views than average, spent a median of 17 days on the market, and were available for a median price of $495,000.

Leominster, Massachusetts: 01453

Leominster is about 50 miles west of Boston and just over 20 miles north of Worcester. For-sale houses were viewed 4 times as often as average, spent about 18 days on the market, and were listed for a median price of $441,000.

Ballwin, Missouri: 63021

Ballwin is about 20 miles west of St. Louis, and listed homes in the city had 3.8 times as many views as the national average, while they spent a median of 22 days on the market. The median listing price this year is $350,000, making this the only ZIP code in the top 10 with prices below the overall U.S. median price in June at $377,000.

Wayne, New Jersey: 07470

Wayne is a New Jersey suburb that sits just over 20 miles northwest of both Newark and the Hudson River, dividing New Jersey from New York City. Wayne homes listed this year have received 3.3 times as many views as the average, spent a median of 22 days on the market, and were listed for the third-highest median price on the list at $664,000.

Strongsville, Ohio: 44149

Strongsville sits about 20 miles southwest of Cleveland, and its listed homes received 5.2 times more views than average. Homes spent a median of 25 days on the market, and its year-to-date median listed price sits at $423,000. This was also one of four ZIP codes on the list to have a more expensive median listing price in June than their closest metro area.

Trumbull, Connecticut: 06611

Trumbull is just inland from Connecticut's coast, between 5 and 25 miles from what Realtor.com identifies as the closest metro areas: Bridgeport, Stamford, and Danbury. Homes listed in Trumbull got 5.1 times as many views as average and were on the market for a median of 25 days, for a second-highest median price of $666,000.

Cumberland, Rhode Island: 02864

Cumberland occupies the northeast corner of Rhode Island, about 15 miles north of the state capital of Providence. Listed homes were viewed 3.6 times as often as average and were listed for a median of 26 days for $534,000.

South Windsor, Connecticut: 06074

South Windsor sits about 10 miles northeast of Hartford, Connecticut's capital. The city's listed homes received 5 times as many visits on the site, with the longest median listing time of the group at 27 days, and were listed for $406,000 at the median.

Bexley, Ohio: 43209

Bexley is just outside of Ohio's state capital of Columbus, and homes in the city were listed for a median of 25 days, received 3.4 times more views than average, and had a listing price of $439,000.