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I have been following a guy on YouTube for a few years now.
He calls himself Reventure Consulting.
He tries to sell you his App at the end of each episode.
However, he was one of the first people to call a top to the real estate market a couple years ago.

All real estate is local. So, the fact that they are building a new chip plant or a new steel plant in some location will have a direct effect on that area.

He shows various statistics that directly effect the market by state and country.
So, when Austin was getting overbuilt a couple years ago, Dallas was still going up.
Now, Dallas has topped, yet Houston is now the most housing permits in the country.
Dallas is still second.

The other thing he points out is that a lot of people moved from the northeast and upper Midwest during Covid.
Now, many are moving back.
So, there is a shortage of homes now around Chicago and NYC.

The other thing he shows is the least expensive markets in the country.
Which is currently West Virginia.
You can buy farms and larger pieces of property there for a fraction of what they would be in other states.

I have no relationship to his site.
I am not a realtor.
I just am a casual observer.

One place that has drawn my attention as a possible retirement location is the Forgotten Coast of Florida. This is the Gulf Coast south of Tallahassee. East of Mexico Beach.
There are waterfront properties there for around $750K. Properties across from the beach can be bought for $550K or less and the market is going down because insurance is going up.