Hottest Metros Area For Home Buyers in 2014

 ZipRealty  today released a list of the hottest metros for home buyers in 2014, based on consumer search activity on ZipRealty.com.

"We analyzed home search activity on our site over the past year to find out where people are most interested in buying homes," said CEO Lanny Baker. "Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area and Boston have the most Saved Home searches on our website. And these three metros were among the healthiest in 2013, outperforming the nation in year-over-year median home price growth and shortest days on market, based on a year's worth of data collected in our Housing Trends Reports.

"Demand for Chicago homes has also started to increase over the past few months with stable growth in pricing, a 25% decline in inventory year-over-year and a 31% decline in median days on market as of the end of November 2013," noted Mr. Baker.

The Top 10 Metros to Watch in 2014 based on ZipRealty.com Saved Home searches are:

Los Angeles
San Francisco Bay Area
Boston
Chicago
Phoenix
Dallas
Atlanta
Seattle
Orange County
Sacramento