{"id":17964,"date":"2025-10-28T19:37:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T19:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/17964\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T19:37:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T19:37:09","slug":"people-from-these-metros-are-looking-to-buy-homes-in-allentown-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/17964\/","title":{"rendered":"People from these metros are looking to buy homes in Allentown \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761680229_112_pixel.gif\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"display:none\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Are Californians and East Coast residents eyeing a move to your metro area?<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/fred.stlouisfed.org\/series\/ACTLISCOUUS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">number of homes on the market<\/a> is well below pre-pandemic levels nationwide, and that scarcity is keeping <a href=\"https:\/\/fred.stlouisfed.org\/series\/MSPUS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">home prices<\/a> elevated even as <a href=\"https:\/\/fred.stlouisfed.org\/series\/EXHOSLUSM495S\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">sales have slowed<\/a> in the past year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">As Americans navigate an ever-complicated market, online house hunting has become an essential part of the process. A 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nar.realtor\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/2021-real-estate-in-a-digital-age-10-05-2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">National Association of Realtors<\/a> report showed 97% of homebuyers used online websites when searching for a home in the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stacker.com\/pennsylvania\/allentown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Stacker<\/a> compiled statistics about people in cities looking to buy homes in Allentown using cross-market demand data from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realtor.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Realtor.com<\/a>. View share is the percentage of views to Allentown from each respective metro. Cross-market demand statistics are as of Q3 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Continue reading to see who is looking to move into your neck of the woods.<\/p>\n<p>#10. Pottsville, PA<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">&#8211; View share: 0.9%<\/p>\n<p>#9. Atlanta, GA<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">&#8211; View share: 1.0%<\/p>\n<p>#8. Boston, MA<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">&#8211; View share: 1.2%<\/p>\n<p>#7. Chicago, IL<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">&#8211; View share: 1.4%<\/p>\n<p>#6. Reading, PA<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">&#8211; View share: 1.8%<\/p>\n<p>#5. East Stroudsburg, PA<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">&#8211; View share: 2.4%<\/p>\n<p>#4. Scranton, PA<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">&#8211; View share: 2.5%<\/p>\n<p>#3. Washington, DC<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">&#8211; View share: 6.7%<\/p>\n<p>#2. Philadelphia, PA<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">&#8211; View share: 16.9%<\/p>\n<p>#1. New York, NY<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">&#8211; View share: 45.1%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Are Californians and East Coast residents eyeing a move to your metro area? 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