S&P Home Price Index Rises 3.4 Percent in March Amid Tight Affordability

A key housing indicator rose by 3.4 percent year over year in March, a “slight decrease” from the 4 percent annual gain in February, S&P Global said in a May 27 statement.
On a month-over-month basis, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index registered a 0.8 percent increase in March before seasonal adjustments. The index measures changes in single-family home prices across all nine U.S. Census divisions.
“Home price growth continued to decelerate on an annual basis in March, even as the market experienced its strongest monthly gains so far in 2025,” said Nicholas Godec, head of fixed income tradables & commodities at S&P Dow Jones Indices….