House price trends

1. Where do I find historical house prices (time-series)?
2. What are the sources of the time series?
3. Price change 1 year - definition
4. Price change 5 years – definition
5. Price change 10 years – definition

Where do I find historical house prices (time-series)?

We have reliable historical time-series for 57 countries.

What are the sources of the time series?

We generally use central bank or national statistical institute data. But occasionally, we use data generated by realtors (Colliers for the Philippines) or other data – Japan generates no dwelling price statistics, so we use land prices as a proxy for dwelling prices. Its no excuse, but everyone else does the same.

Price change 1 year - definition

The annual (year-on-year) percentage change in house prices from 2007 to 2008, or the latest data available, not adjusted for inflation.

Source: Various sources, See above.

Price change 5 years definition

The percentage change in house prices over five years from 2003 to 2008, or the latest data available, not adjusted for inflation.

Source: Various sources, See above.

Price change 10 years – definition

The percentage change in house prices over ten years from 1998 to 2008, to the latest year for which data is available, not adjusted for inflation.

Source: Various sources, See above.