These are the Hottest Housing Markets in America

Hottest housing markets in the United States.

Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, tops the list of the country’s hottest emerging housing markets, according to the just-released Wall Street Journal/Realtor.com Emerging Housing Market Index.

Buyers from other Western states are moving to northern Idaho in droves, seeking a more rural and less expensive place to live, said Kristen Johnson, a real-estate agent at Century 21 Beutler & Associates in Coeur d’Alene. Workers able to work remotely are also choosing to relocate, she said.

Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

The median sales price in the Coeur d’Alene region rose in March to $476,900, up 47% from a year earlier, according to the Coeur d’Alene Association of Realtors. 

After Coeur d’Alene, the top metro areas in the ranking are Austin, Texas, Springfield, Ohio, and Billings, Mont. Spokane, Wash., just across the state border from Coeur d’Alene, ranks fifth.

 -RW