{"id":41164,"date":"2025-11-21T23:46:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T23:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/41164\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T23:46:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T23:46:34","slug":"cities-with-the-fastest-growing-home-prices-in-the-allentown-metro-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/41164\/","title":{"rendered":"Cities with the fastest-growing home prices in the Allentown metro area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cities with the fastest-growing home prices in the Allentown metro area<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The real estate frenzy spurred by the coronavirus pandemic continues, though at a slower pace. Buyers are still competing for a limited supply of housing, driving up prices for affordable properties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The typical home value in the United States was $362,117 in October, 0.1% higher than the year before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Increasing mortgage rates have slowed growth, with prices even declining in some places. But some areas are still seeing price jumps compared to the year before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stacker.com\/pennsylvania\/allentown\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Stacker;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Stacker<\/a> compiled a list of cities with the most expensive homes in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metro area using data from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zillow.com\/research\/data\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Zillow;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Zillow<\/a>. Charts show the monthly typical home value since January 2018.<\/p>\n<p>#30. Blairstown Township, NJ<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8211; 1-year price change: +$8,806 (+1.8%)<br \/>&#8211; 5-year price change: +$150,999 (+44.1%)<br \/>&#8211; Typical home value: $493,784 (#3 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n<p>#29. Nazareth, PA<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8211; 1-year price change: +$8,854 (+2.1%)<br \/>&#8211; 5-year price change: +$128,928 (+42.6%)<br \/>&#8211; Typical home value: $431,524 (#13 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n<p>#28. Northampton, PA<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8211; 1-year price change: +$8,927 (+2.7%)<br \/>&#8211; 5-year price change: +$109,509 (+48.0%)<br \/>&#8211; Typical home value: $337,531 (#23 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n<p>#27. Lehighton, PA<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8211; 1-year price change: +$9,034 (+3.4%)<br \/>&#8211; 5-year price change: +$96,830 (+55.0%)<br \/>&#8211; Typical home value: $272,770 (#33 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n<p>#26. Easton, PA<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8211; 1-year price change: +$9,155 (+2.6%)<br \/>&#8211; 5-year price change: +$119,150 (+48.7%)<br \/>&#8211; Typical home value: $363,653 (#17 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n<p>#25. Beaver Meadows, PA<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8211; 1-year price change: +$10,056 (+6.1%)<br \/>&#8211; 5-year price change: +$75,515 (+76.3%)<br \/>&#8211; Typical home value: $174,530 (#44 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n<p>#24. Bethlehem, PA<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8211; 1-year price change: +$10,164 (+3.0%)<br \/>&#8211; 5-year price change: +$107,906 (+45.6%)<br \/>&#8211; Typical home value: $344,320 (#21 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n<p>#23. Palmerton, PA<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8211; 1-year price change: +$10,219 (+4.2%)<br \/>&#8211; 5-year price change: +$81,292 (+47.2%)<br \/>&#8211; Typical home value: $253,672 (#38 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n<p>#22. Hackettstown, NJ<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8211; 1-year price change: +$10,617 (+2.3%)<br \/>&#8211; 5-year price change: +$159,898 (+49.7%)<br \/>&#8211; Typical home value: $481,446 (#6 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n<p>#21. Bath, PA<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8211; 1-year price change: +$11,142 (+3.1%)<br \/>&#8211; 5-year price change: +$115,208 (+46.0%)<br \/>&#8211; Typical home value: $365,767 (#16 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n<p>#20. Allentown, PA<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8211; 1-year price change: +$11,648 (+4.0%)<br \/>&#8211; 5-year price change: +$110,628 (+56.9%)<br \/>&#8211; Typical home value: $305,094 (#27 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n<p>#19. Emmaus, PA<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8211; 1-year price change: +$11,951 (+3.3%)<br \/>&#8211; 5-year price change: +$112,429 (+42.6%)<br \/>&#8211; Typical home value: $376,365 (#15 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n<p>#18. Catasauqua, PA<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8211; 1-year price change: +$12,150 (+4.5%)<br \/>&#8211; 5-year price change: +$99,877 (+55.2%)<br \/>&#8211; Typical home value: $280,687 (#30 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n<p>#17. Pen Argyl, PA<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8211; 1-year price change: +$12,250 (+4.3%)<br \/>&#8211; 5-year price change: +$100,198 (+50.6%)<br \/>&#8211; Typical home value: $298,212 (#28 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n<p>#16. Tatamy, PA<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8211; 1-year price change: +$12,774 (+3.0%)<br \/>&#8211; 5-year price change: +$141,909 (+47.1%)<br \/>&#8211; Typical home value: $442,974 (#11 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n<p>#15. Hellertown, PA<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8211; 1-year price change: +$12,931 (+3.7%)<br \/>&#8211; 5-year price change: +$113,369 (+45.3%)<br \/>&#8211; Typical home value: $363,489 (#18 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n<p>#14. Macungie, PA<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8211; 1-year price change: +$13,360 (+3.1%)<br \/>&#8211; 5-year price change: +$134,402 (+44.3%)<br \/>&#8211; Typical home value: $437,521 (#12 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n<p>#13. Port Murray, NJ<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8211; 1-year price change: +$13,544 (+3.0%)<br \/>&#8211; 5-year price change: +$134,402 (data not available)<br \/>&#8211; Typical home value: $464,758 (#9 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n<p>#12. Belvidere, NJ<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8211; 1-year price change: +$14,241 (+3.8%)<br \/>&#8211; 5-year price change: +$136,768 (+55.0%)<br \/>&#8211; Typical home value: $385,379 (#14 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n<p>#11. Walnutport, PA<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8211; 1-year price change: +$14,323 (+4.4%)<br \/>&#8211; 5-year price change: +$108,759 (+47.4%)<br \/>&#8211; Typical home value: $338,331 (#22 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n<p>#10. West Easton, PA<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8211; 1-year price change: +$14,679 (+6.0%)<br \/>&#8211; 5-year price change: +$96,272 (+59.5%)<br \/>&#8211; Typical home value: $258,101 (#36 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n<p>#9. Coplay, PA<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8211; 1-year price change: +$14,854 (+4.5%)<br \/>&#8211; 5-year price change: +$117,737 (+51.4%)<br \/>&#8211; Typical home value: $347,016 (#20 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n<p>#8. Freemansburg, PA<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8211; 1-year price change: +$15,193 (+5.7%)<br \/>&#8211; 5-year price change: +$108,528 (+62.8%)<br \/>&#8211; Typical home value: $281,230 (#29 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n<p>#7. Breinigsville, PA<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8211; 1-year price change: +$15,285 (+3.3%)<br \/>&#8211; 5-year price change: +$153,413 (+46.9%)<br \/>&#8211; Typical home value: $480,231 (#7 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n<p>#6. Columbia, NJ<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8211; 1-year price change: +$16,523 (+3.8%)<br \/>&#8211; 5-year price change: +$153,413 (data not available)<br \/>&#8211; Typical home value: $452,543 (#10 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n<p>#5. Portland, PA<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8211; 1-year price change: +$16,935 (+6.5%)<br \/>&#8211; 5-year price change: +$99,536 (+55.7%)<br \/>&#8211; Typical home value: $278,212 (#31 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n<p>#4. Slatington, PA<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8211; 1-year price change: +$17,812 (+5.7%)<br \/>&#8211; 5-year price change: +$112,264 (+51.8%)<br \/>&#8211; Typical home value: $328,970 (#25 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n<p>#3. Coopersburg, PA<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8211; 1-year price change: +$18,659 (+3.9%)<br \/>&#8211; 5-year price change: +$149,296 (+42.8%)<br \/>&#8211; Typical home value: $498,257 (#2 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n<p>#2. Stewartsville, NJ<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8211; 1-year price change: +$21,139 (+4.5%)<br \/>&#8211; 5-year price change: +$149,296 (data not available)<br \/>&#8211; Typical home value: $492,254 (#4 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n<p>#1. Schnecksville, PA<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8211; 1-year price change: +$27,528 (+5.8%)<br \/>&#8211; 5-year price change: +$161,174 (+47.6%)<br \/>&#8211; Typical home value: $499,611 (#1 most expensive city in metro)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cities with the fastest-growing home prices in the Allentown metro area The real estate frenzy spurred by the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41165,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,9160],"class_list":{"0":"post-41164","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allentown","8":"tag-allentown","9":"tag-allentown-headlines","10":"tag-allentown-news","11":"tag-price-change"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}