Market Movers: October 2026

The first monthly report from the World Housing Index: 55 ranked countries, 382 US metro areas and 1,613 US counties, scored 0–100 against peers (50 = average) and forecast 12 months to 10 years ahead. From next month this report leads with the biggest rank changes.

Top 10 countries

• #1 Hong Kong — 65.1; real prices +9.9% over the year
• #2 Cyprus — 62.0; real prices +6.9% over the year
• #3 Malta — 61.7; real prices +4.1% over the year
• #4 Slovenia — 60.4; real prices +6.5% over the year
• #5 Ireland — 59.2; real prices +2.3% over the year
• #6 Croatia — 58.1; real prices +10.0% over the year
• #6 Lithuania — 58.1; real prices +8.4% over the year
• #8 Peru — 57.9; real prices +5.2% over the year
• #9 North Macedonia — 57.2; real prices +8.4% over the year
• #10 Portugal — 56.6; real prices +15.2% over the year

Countries with the strongest 12-month outlook

• Hong Kong — +6.1% real price growth expected
• Cyprus — +5.1% real price growth expected
• Portugal — +5.0% real price growth expected
• Slovenia — +4.7% real price growth expected
• Malta — +4.7% real price growth expected

Strongest of the 50 largest US metros

• Cleveland, OH — 60.6, #11 of 382
• Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — 57.9, #40 of 382
• San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — 57.8, #41 of 382
• Kansas City, MO-KS — 57.7, #45 of 382
• Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — 57.6, #48 of 382

Large metros the 10-year model favours

• New Orleans-Metairie, LA — +1.9 points a year vs the US average
• Baton Rouge, LA — +1.4 points a year vs the US average
• San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — +1.3 points a year vs the US average
• Urban Honolulu, HI — +1.2 points a year vs the US average
• Jackson, MS — +0.9 points a year vs the US average

The 10-year model has ranked US counties with a rank correlation of about 0.31 in walk-forward tests: useful for tilting odds, not a promise.

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Not investment advice. Scores summarise public statistics and can be revised or wrong.