Realtor.com recently released its 2018 National Housing Forecast looking at the Top 100 Largest Metros Ranked by Forecasted 2018 Sales and Price Growth. Some of the major key indicators in the forecast, include:
| Housing Indicator | Realtor.com® 2018 Forecast |
| Home price appreciation | 3.2% increase, enabling a sales pickup |
| Mortgage rate | Average 4.6% throughout the year and reach 5.0% (30 year fixed) by the end |
| Existing home sales | 2.5% growth, low inventory trend starts to reverse |
| Housing starts | 3% growth in home starts; 7% growth in single family home starts |
| New home sales | Increase 7% |
| Home ownership rate | Stabilize at 63.9% after bottom in Q2-2016 |
Meanwhile, the Tulsa, OK metro market is forecasted to experience 7.54% sales growth in 2018, the strongest sales growth of any of the top 100 U.S. metro areas. In terms of price growth, the Nashville, TN market is forecasted to lead with a 7.67% price growth over 2017.
On the flip side, sales in Portland, OR are expected to register -3.48%, while price ‘growth’ is expected hit -2.87% in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT metro area, the weakest performance of the top 100 U.S. markets.
| Rank | Metro | 2018 Sales Growth | 2018 Price Growth |
| 1 | Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nev. | 4.90 | 6.90 |
| 2 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas | 6.02 | 5.57 |
| 3 | Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Fla. | 5.47 | 6.00 |
| 4 | Stockton-Lodi, Calif. | 4.55 | 6.43 |
| 5 | Lakeland-Winter Haven, Fla. | 3.00 | 7.00 |
| 6 | Salt Lake City, Utah | 4.62 | 4.50 |
| 7 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, N.C.-S.C. | 5.98 | 3.02 |
| 8 | Colorado Springs, Colo | 3.12 | 5.65 |
| 9 | Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, Tenn. | 1.00 | 7.67 |
| 10 | Tulsa, Okla. | 7.54 | 1.02 |
| 11 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Wash. | 2.34 | 6.21 |
| 12 | Spokane-Spokane Valley, Wash. | 3.50 | 4.97 |
| 13 | Austin-Round Rock, Texas | 4.04 | 4.42 |
| 14 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, Fla. | 3.10 | 5.28 |
| 15 | Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Ark. | 7.00 | 1.37 |
| 16 | Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. | 1.75 | 6.54 |
| 17 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Fla. | 1.24 | 6.88 |
| 18 | Toledo, Ohio | 5.16 | 2.95 |
| 19 | Columbia, S.C. | 5.07 | 3.00 |
| 20 | Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Fla. | 1.00 | 7.00 |
| 21 | Jacksonville, Fla. | 4.73 | 3.20 |
| 22 | Durham-Chapel Hill, N.C. | 5.18 | 2.62 |
| 23 | Providence-Warwick, R.I.-Mass. | 3.72 | 3.97 |
| 24 | Akron, Ohio | 5.89 | 1.70 |
| 25 | North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, Fla. | 3.00 | 4.50 |
| 26 | Chattanooga, Tenn.-Ga. | 3.50 | 4.00 |
| 27 | Worcester, Mass.-Conn. | 3.77 | 3.68 |
| 28 | Raleigh, N.C. | 1.63 | 5.77 |
| 29 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla. | 1.38 | 6.00 |
| 30 | Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Mich. | 2.96 | 4.25 |
| 31 | Boise City, Idaho | 2.00 | 5.00 |
| 32 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif. | 2.50 | 4.37 |
| 33 | Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, S.C. | 2.80 | 4.00 |
| 34 | Madison, Wis. | 1.72 | 5.05 |
| 35 | Albuquerque, N.M. | 2.92 | 3.71 |
| 36 | Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas | 2.24 | 4.19 |
| 37 | Winston-Salem, N.C. | 3.00 | 3.21 |
| 38 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif. | 0.52 | 5.66 |
| 39 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, N.Y. | 1.27 | 4.89 |
| 40 | Fresno, Calif. | 1.29 | 4.81 |
| 41 | San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, Calif. | 0.94 | 5.14 |
| 42 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, Mich. | 1.17 | 4.77 |
| 43 | Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Ariz. | 3.66 | 2.26 |
| 44 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, Calif. | 2.29 | 3.62 |
| 45 | Augusta-Richmond County, Ga.-S.C. | 2.50 | 3.34 |
| 46 | Tucson, Ariz. | 3.00 | 2.71 |
| 47 | San Diego-Carlsbad, Calif. | 2.51 | 3.19 |
| 48 | Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Ohio-Pa. | 3.01 | 2.50 |
| 49 | Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pa. | 2.50 | 3.00 |
| 50 | Cleveland-Elyria, Ohio | 3.00 | 2.48 |
| 51 | Birmingham-Hoover, Ala. | 3.00 | 2.42 |
| 52 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas | 2.38 | 3.00 |
| 53 | Charleston-North Charleston, S.C. | 3.64 | 1.69 |
| 54 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa. | 1.16 | 4.15 |
| 55 | Jackson, Miss. | 0.00 | 5.30 |
| 56 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Va.-N.C. | 1.40 | 3.82 |
| 57 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, Mass.-N.H. | 2.55 | 2.64 |
| 58 | Pittsburgh, Pa. | 3.53 | 1.62 |
| 59 | Oklahoma City, Okla. | 1.49 | 3.51 |
| 60 | Portland-South Portland, Maine | 5.00 | 0.00 |
| 61 | Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Fla | 1.00 | 3.99 |
| 62 | El Paso, Texas | 2.69 | 2.24 |
| 63 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minn.-Wis. | 0.00 | 4.93 |
| 64 | Knoxville, Tenn. | 2.00 | 2.92 |
| 65 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pa.-N.J. | 4.12 | 0.57 |
| 66 | Bakersfield, Calif. | 1.00 | 3.61 |
| 67 | Urban Honolulu, Hawaii | 1.43 | 3.11 |
| 68 | Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa | 3.20 | 1.19 |
| 69 | Greensboro-High Point, N.C. | 1.34 | 2.97 |
| 70 | Springfield, Mass. | 1.24 | 3.00 |
| 71 | New Orleans-Metairie, La. | 2.00 | 2.24 |
| 72 | Cincinnati, Ohio-Ky.-Ind. | 1.47 | 2.32 |
| 73 | Wichita, Ks. | 2.23 | 1.49 |
| 74 | Richmond, Va. | 2.68 | 1.02 |
| 75 | Columbus, Ohio | 0.05 | 3.58 |
| 76 | Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, Calif. | 1.00 | 2.61 |
| 77 | Rochester, N.Y. | 1.56 | 2.02 |
| 78 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Conn. | 4.46 | -1.05 |
| 79 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, N.Y. | 0.75 | 2.55 |
| 80 | Dayton, Ohio | 3.01 | 0.19 |
| 81 | Memphis, Tenn.-Miss.-Ark. | 1.37 | 1.82 |
| 82 | Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton, Pa. | 1.18 | 1.81 |
| 83 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md. | 3.78 | -1.04 |
| 84 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, Ill.-Ind.-Wis. | 0.00 | 2.57 |
| 85 | Syracuse, N.Y. | 0.00 | 2.57 |
| 86 | Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wis. | 0.00 | 2.48 |
| 87 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, Md. | 0.48 | 1.82 |
| 88 | New Haven-Milford, Conn. | 2.96 | -0.67 |
| 89 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md-W.V. | 0.00 | 2.25 |
| 90 | Omaha-Council Bluffs, Neb.-Iowa | 0.00 | 2.18 |
| 91 | Louisville/Jefferson County, Ky.-Ind. | -2.74 | 4.92 |
| 92 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas | 0.37 | 1.52 |
| 93 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Ore.-Wash. | -3.48 | 4.98 |
| 94 | Baton Rouge, La. | 0.00 | 1.50 |
| 95 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, Ga. | -1.88 | 2.99 |
| 96 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, Calif. | -2.10 | 3.09 |
| 97 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, Ind. | 3.49 | -2.53 |
| 98 | Kansas City, Mo-Kan. | 0.00 | -0.12 |
| 99 | St. Louis, Mo.-Ill. | 0.00 | -2.83 |
| 100 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Conn. | -0.35 | -2.87 |
Top 100 Largest U.S. Metros Ranked by Forecasted 2018 Sales and Price Growth