NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – If buying a house is in your 2025 plans, Zillow has singled out a handful of choice markets that have been booming this year. While no New Mexico spot cracked the popular market list's Top 10, one city in the Land of Enchantment did shine bright within the Southwest region. Albuquerque affordable housing complex to get renovated and add additional units Zillow says Rio Rancho is the most popular housing market in the Southwest region. To determine this, the site analyzed cities with a population of at least 100,000 people according to 2022 American Community Survey data. Manchester, New Hampshire was the number one city in the Northeast; Sunnyvale, California was the Western city; the Midwest was represented by Rockford, Illinois; Cary, North Carolina was the top Southeast city; and Fort Collins, Colorado was number one in the Mountain region. Zillow's top 10 most popular markets of 2024: Manchester, New Hampshire Rockford, Illinois Stamford, Connecticut Columbia, Maryland Bridgeport, Connecticut Allentown, Pennsylvania Peoria, Illinois New Haven, Connecticut Waterbury, Connecticut Sunnyvale, California To determine the top 10, Zillow analyzed housing metrics in cities across the U.S. that reflect consumer demand, including page-view traffic, home value growh, and how quickly homes sell.