Property Prices Worldwide

The Knight Frank Global House Price Index

September 2009 Key highlights: (issued in Dec 2009)

• The recovery in global house prices continues with values increasing in 68% of the countries reporting price changes for Q3 2009.
• House prices, however, are still lower than 12 months ago in 57% of the locations.
  
• Israel remains the top performer over a 12-month period with prices increasing 13.7% to the end of Q3 2009.

The Annual price change from Q3 2008 to Q3 2009 shows:

Top Ten growing house price markets:

1. Israel
2. Austria
3. Malta
4. Switzerland
5. Australia
6. Hong Kong
7. New Zealand
8. Norway
9. Malaysia
10. Luxembourg

United Kingdom is at position 23

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• Global housing markets show signs of tentative recovery with values increasing in almost half of the countries reporting prices for Q2 2009
• Israel remains the top performer over a 12 month period with prices increasing 12.5% to the end of Q2 2009

The Annual price change from Q2 2008 to Q2 2009 shows:

Top Ten growing house price markets:

1. Israel
2. Switzerland
3. Indonesia
4. Jersey
5. Luxembourg
6. Belgium
7. Hungary
8. Germany
9. New Zealand
10. Australia

United Kingdom is at position 26

Full report at: www.knightfrank.com