2019 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.

Local Leaders Listings, column headers with buttons are sortable
Market Ranking	Market	Top 10 Market Share 2018*
1	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Market Ranking 1 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 52.7%	52.7%
2	Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Market Ranking 2 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 53.7%	53.7%
3	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Market Ranking 3 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 52.5%	52.5%
4	Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Market Ranking 4 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 66.4%	66.4%
5	Austin-Round Rock, TX Market Ranking 5 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 56.3%	56.3%
6	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Market Ranking 6 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 70.2%	70.2%
7	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Market Ranking 7 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 69.5%	69.5%
8	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Market Ranking 8 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 73.7%	73.7%
9	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Market Ranking 9 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 67.3%	67.3%
10	Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Market Ranking 10 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 66.7%	66.7%
11	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Market Ranking 11 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 79.0%	79.0%
12	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Market Ranking 12 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 78.1%	78.1%
13	Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV Market Ranking 13 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 88.4%	88.4%
14	Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN Market Ranking 14 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 40.6%	40.6%
15	Raleigh, NC Market Ranking 15 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 51.8%	51.8%
16	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Market Ranking 16 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 83.7%	83.7%
17	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Market Ranking 17 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 61.3%	61.3%
18	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Market Ranking 18 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 35.4%	35.4%
19	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Market Ranking 19 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 52.7%	52.7%
20	Jacksonville, FL Market Ranking 20 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 85.2%	85.2%
21	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Market Ranking 21 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 62.2%	62.2%
22	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Market Ranking 22 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 63.4%	63.4%
23	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Market Ranking 23 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 59.7%	59.7%
24	Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Market Ranking 24 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 81.4%	81.4%
25	Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA Market Ranking 25 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 75.1%	75.1%
26	North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL Market Ranking 26 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 88.2%	88.2%
27	San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Market Ranking 27 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 58.8%	58.8%
28	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Market Ranking 28 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 55.3%	55.3%
29	Boise City, ID Market Ranking 29 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 68.9%	68.9%
30	Salt Lake City, UT Market Ranking 30 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 57.7%	57.7%
31	Provo-Orem, UT Market Ranking 31 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 63.6%	63.6%
32	Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC Market Ranking 32 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 63.1%	63.1%
33	Charleston-North Charleston, SC Market Ranking 33 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 75.9%	75.9%
34	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Market Ranking 34 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 81.9%	81.9%
35	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Market Ranking 35 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 90.4%	90.4%
36	Oklahoma City, OK Market Ranking 36 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 54.5%	54.5%
37	Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Market Ranking 37 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 78.5%	78.5%
38	San Diego-Carlsbad, CA Market Ranking 38 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 84.3%	84.3%
39	Kansas City, MO-KS Market Ranking 39 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 34.2%	34.2%
40	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Market Ranking 40 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 31.8%	31.8%
41	Colorado Springs, CO Market Ranking 41 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 77.2%	77.2%
42	Columbus, OH Market Ranking 42 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 84.8%	84.8%
43	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Market Ranking 43 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 66.6%	66.6%
44	Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC Market Ranking 44 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 73.5%	73.5%
45	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Market Ranking 45 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 84.0%	84.0%
46	St. Louis, MO-IL Market Ranking 46 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 65.2%	65.2%
47	Richmond, VA Market Ranking 47 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 86.1%	86.1%
48	Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL Market Ranking 48 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 83.4%	83.4%
49	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Market Ranking 49 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 62.8%	62.8%
50	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Market Ranking 50 Top 10 Market Share 2018* 55.6%	55.6%

* Percentage of Market Share Captured By The Top 10 Builders In Each Market In 2018.

** The top 10 builders in the market have more than 100 percent market share, but how is that possible? Zonda Data, which collects Local Leaders data for BUILDER, measures each market by building permits pulled over the previous 12 months, and the builders within each market by how many closings they have from the previous year. So builders in this market are selling and closing more units of inventory than they are pulling building permits for new units they plan to build. The slowdown in permits pulled across the country is another symptom of the downturn, as builders slow their production schedules.

2019 Local Leaders

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