The Pennsylvania housing market in 2025 presents many challenges for prospective homebuyers. While some cities offer affordability, they come with underlying economic or market risks that could make buying a house a costly mistake.
This article highlights the seven worst cities to buy a house in Pennsylvania in 2025, based on factors such as stagnant or declining home values, high property taxes, weak job growth, oversupply of homes, and economic fragility.
1. Johnstown: The riskiest housing market…