2018 Local Leaders
The hottest markets for home building, and the top builders in each. Here's our annual list of the country’s 50 largest new-home markets.
Change Year:
|
Market Ranking
|
Market
|
Top 10 Market Share 2017*
|
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
|
48.5% |
| 2 |
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
|
53.3% |
| 3 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
|
48.9% |
| 4 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
|
59.4% |
| 5 |
Austin/Round Rock, Texas
|
54.3% |
| 6 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
|
65.5% |
| 7 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
|
67.4% |
| 8 |
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
|
68.1% |
| 9 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
|
65.2% |
| 10 |
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
|
28.8% |
| 11 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
|
71.8% |
| 12 |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
|
77.5% |
| 13 |
Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN
|
38.5% |
| 14 |
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
|
66.2% |
| 15 |
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
|
83.6% |
| 16 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
|
77.7% |
| 17 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
|
54.2% |
| 18 |
Raleigh, NC
|
46.7% |
| 19 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
|
46.7% |
| 20 |
Jacksonville, Fla.
|
75.1% |
| 21 |
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
|
53.0% |
| 22 |
Minneapolis/St. Paul/Bloomington, Minn./Wis.
|
58.1% |
| 23 |
Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA
|
67.9% |
| 24 |
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
|
82.1% |
| 25 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
|
62.6% |
| 26 |
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL
|
86.8% |
| 27 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
|
60.8% |
| 28 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
|
56.6% |
| 29 |
Charleston/North Charleston, S.C.
|
74.5% |
| 30 |
Boise City, ID
|
63.6% |
| 31 |
Provo-Orem, UT
|
60.9% |
| 32 |
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
|
83.4% |
| 33 |
Kansas City, Mo./Kan.
|
32.4% |
| 34 |
Salt Lake City
|
57.9% |
| 35 |
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
|
91.1% |
| 36 |
Oklahoma City, Okla.
|
52.5% |
| 37 |
St. Louis, Mo./Ill.
|
58.2% |
| 38 |
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
|
84.6% |
| 39 |
Columbus, Ohio
|
86.8% |
| 40 |
Colorado Springs, Colo.
|
79.2% |
| 41 |
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
|
64.5% |
| 42 |
Columbia, SC
|
84.3% |
| 43 |
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
|
86.3% |
| 44 |
Richmond, VA
|
64.5% |
| 45 |
El Paso, TX
|
86.5% |
| 46 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
|
54.4% |
| 47 |
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC
|
77.8% |
| 48 |
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
|
90.2% |
| 49 |
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
|
77.6% |
| 50 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
|
54.8% |