Indiana Cities Included in Realtor.com & Wall Street Journal’s Summer 2024 Housing Market Ranking

Indiana cities Fort Wayne and South Bend have secured top spots in Realtor.com and WSJ’s Summer 2024 Hottest Housing Market Ranking, placing in the top 5 among 20 metropolitan areas. The ranking highlights housing markets that offer buyers a lower cost of living as well as thriving local economies that are attractive, and not too crowded.

Hottest Housing Market Ranking

  • #1 – Fort Wayne
  • #5 – South Bend

As measured by the U.S. Census Bureau, the ranking evaluates the 200 most populous core-based statistical areas and is defined by March 2020 delineation standards for eight indicators across two broad categories: real estate market and economic health and quality of life.


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