articleThe Brief McKinney, Texas ranked as the number one real estate market in the nation. McKinney and four other Texas cities ranked in the top 10 of real estate markets, according to WalletHub. RELATED: Expert confident about 2025 real estate market: What buyers may be missingHere’s a list of the best real estate markets in the U.S.Best real estate marketsWhy you should care:WalletHub ranked the cities across two key areas: real estate market and affordability and economic environment. Dig deeper:Based on their data, WalletHub ranked McKinney, Texas, Cary, North Carolina, and Irvine, California as the best real estate markets in 2025. The Source: Information for this story was provided by WalletHub, which released a report on the real estate markets comparing 300 cities across two key areas: real estate market and affordability and economic environment.