S&P Cotality Home Price Index Shows 1.4% Yearly Increase Amid Market Slowdown
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: 8h ago
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Source: PRnewswire
- Market Slowdown: The S&P Cotality Home Price Index recorded a 1.4% annual increase in October 2025, nearly unchanged from September's 1.3%, indicating the weakest growth since mid-2023, reflecting softening demand and the impact of high mortgage rates.
- Regional Performance Disparity: Chicago led the 20 cities with a 5.8% annual increase, followed by New York and Cleveland at 5.0% and 4.1%, respectively, while Tampa saw a decline of 4.2%, highlighting the contrast between stable traditional markets and volatile emerging ones.
- Monthly Change Trends: The 20-City Composite Index fell by 0.3% month-over-month in October, while the seasonally adjusted National Index showed a slight increase of 0.4%, indicating pressure on the market in a high-rate environment.
- Inflation Impact: With the October Consumer Price Index (CPI) estimated at 3.1%, exceeding home price growth by 1.8 percentage points, this suggests a slight decline in real home values over the past year, further intensifying affordability challenges for buyers.
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Analyst Views on SPGI
Wall Street analysts forecast SPGI stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for SPGI is 611.40 USD with a low forecast of 540.00 USD and a high forecast of 661.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
17 Analyst Rating
16 Buy
1 Hold
0 Sell
Strong Buy
Current: 530.100
Low
540.00
Averages
611.40
High
661.00
Current: 530.100
Low
540.00
Averages
611.40
High
661.00
About SPGI
S&P Global Inc. provides essential intelligence. Its operations consist of five businesses: S&P Global Market Intelligence (Market Intelligence), S&P Global Ratings (Ratings), S&P Global Commodity Insights (Commodity Insights), S&P Global Mobility (Mobility) and S&P Dow Jones Indices (Indices). Market Intelligence is a global provider of multi-asset-class data and analytics integrated with purpose-built workflow solutions. Ratings is an independent provider of credit ratings, research, and analytics, offering investors and other market participants information, ratings and benchmarks. Commodity Insights is an independent provider of information and benchmark prices for the commodity and energy markets. Mobility is a provider of solutions serving the full automotive value chain, including vehicle manufacturers and retailers. Indices is a global index provider that maintains a variety of valuation and index benchmarks for investment advisors, wealth managers and institutional investors.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
