Good news on the U.S. economy may be no longer be good for Wall Street, and U.S. stock indexes are slipping Tuesday following better-than-expected reports on the job market and business activity. The S&P 500 swung to a dip of 0.

Hartford, Conn., was also forecasted to be among the top markets by the real estate listing website, but Boston ranked 16th among the 50 metro areas compared.

Potential home shoppers in the Northeast and Midwest may be in for disappointment: Despite signs of cooling in the last year’s intensively competitive housing market, a new report from Zillow says some areas will stay competitive this year.

For the second year in a row, Buffalo has topped Zillow’s annual list of hottest housing markets. Buffalo ranks at the top of Zillow's 2025 hottest housing markets list. Buffalo also ranked at the top of the 2024 list,