The Best (and Worst) Housing Markets in America (March 2026 Update)

On The Market

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🗓️ 5 March 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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The housing market is split. Some real estate markets are seeing low inventory, rising prices, and fierce buyer competition. Others are seeing steep price cuts, desperate sellers, underwater owners, and delinquency rates creeping up. So, which housing markets are the riskiest in the country? Which market has the highest chance of seeing home price growth while the rest of America struggles for air? We’re doing a nationwide deep dive today, looking at the metrics that matter most—home price appreciation, affordability, delinquency rates and owner distress, and underwater mortgage share. Each of these data points will allow you to predict which markets will grow, slow, and struggle over the next year. Plus, Dave is sharing what each region of the country should be paying attention to as an investor, the riskiest markets of 2026, and the number one comeback city no one is expecting. In This Episode We Cover The riskiest housing markets in the U.S. that could see continued price declines Cities seeing a return to “affordability” as buyers get a big break Delinquency rates rising? Areas with these mortgage types see more owners fail to make payments The “comeback” cities that have the greatest home price growth potential Why “underwater mortgages” aren’t as scary as you think they are (but investors should still be careful) And So Much More! Links from the Show Join the Future of Real Estate Investing with Fundrise Join BiggerPockets for FREE Join us at the BiggerPockets Conference October 2-4 in Orlando. Buy tickets Sign Up for the On the Market Newsletter Find an Investor-Friendly Agent in Your Area On The Market 369 - Zillow Forecast: Best and Worst Housing Markets of 2026 Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Grab Dave’s Book, "Start with Strategy" Check out more resources from this show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BiggerPockets.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/on-the-market-405. Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠advertise@biggerpockets.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The housing market is split, much like the rest of the economy.
0:04.3	Some areas are up, others are struggling.
0:07.6	Regional variation right now is really high.
0:10.7	And although you can invest in any type of market, any market conditions, the tactics you
0:15.6	should use depend largely on where in the country you are actually investing.
0:22.5	So in today's episode, we're going to dig into some important regional trends that we're seeing across the country. We'll look at
0:27.4	housing price trends, of course, but we'll also look a level deeper. We'll look at inventory,
0:32.5	affordability, and critically, foreclosure and delinquency trends that could spell trouble in certain markets.
0:40.0	And if you combine all this data together, you're going to have an analysis that not only
0:44.6	tells you what's actually happening in your market, but what you should be doing about it.
0:53.9	Hey, everyone, welcome to On the Market. I'm Dave Meyer, housing analyst and chief investment
0:58.8	officer at Bigger Pockets. Today on the show, we are going to dig deep into the different
1:04.1	regions of the country and how each of them are behaving. We're talking about prices, of course,
1:09.8	but we're also going to look at inventory, which helps us forecast what's going to happen next. We're talking about prices, of course, but we're also going to look at inventory,
1:12.2	which helps us forecast what's going to happen next. We'll talk about affordability,
1:16.5	delinquencies, and crash risks in different regions of the country. And we're doing it all
1:22.2	so you understand how to approach investing in your specific market. And I've done a lot of research for this episode.
1:29.3	It's going to be a great show. But before we get into it, I want to just give a quick word on the
1:36.2	war in Iran and how it could impact the housing market. Obviously, this war has brought implications
1:42.8	beyond just the housing market, but I've gotten a lot of questions about how the war could impact the housing market.
1:49.8	I've also seen a lot of, frankly, really bad takes about it on social media.
1:54.7	So I just wanted to weigh in with my perspective.
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