{"id":20,"date":"2026-09-29T21:25:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T21:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/29\/these-are-the-hottest-places-to-buy-a-home-in-the-u-s-in-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T21:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T21:25:07","slug":"these-are-the-hottest-places-to-buy-a-home-in-the-u-s-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/29\/these-are-the-hottest-places-to-buy-a-home-in-the-u-s-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"These Are the Hottest Places to Buy a Home in the U.S. in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Peabody, MA (ZIP 01960) tops the hottest ZIP codes in America, with homes generating over four times the national average views and selling in 20 days. The median listing price is $600,000, with buyers having a median credit score of 747 and a 14% down payment. Montclair, NJ ranks second with a median price of $1.05 million. The top 10 ZIPs are all in the Northeast and Midwest, where homes often sell at or above asking price. Newcomers include Lititz, PA; North Haven, CT; and New Berlin, WI.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelandleisure.com\/hottest-housing-markets-usa-2026-realtor-ranking-12036497\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peabody, MA (ZIP 01960) tops the hottest ZIP codes in America, with homes generating over four times the national average views and selling in 20 days. The median listing price is $600,000, with buyers having a median credit score of 747 and a 14% down payment. Montclair, NJ ranks second with a median price of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":21,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}