Annual house price changes worldwide
House price change
% change over a year earlier
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
| 2012 | -0.92 | -0.69 | -3.37 | -0.70 |
| 2011 | -0.47 | -0.54 | -0.61 | -1.80 |
| 2010 | -0.25 | 0.19 | 0.16 | -1.09 |
| 2009 | -0.98 | -2.25 | -1.23 | -0.68 |
| 2008 | 0.97 | 0.24 | 1.16 | -0.71 |
| 2007 | 1.07 | 1.25 | 1.54 | 0.36 |
| 2006 | 1.48 | 1.17 | 1.28 | 0.47 |
| 2005 | 0.92 | 1.19 | 1.21 | 0.63 |
| % change over a quarter | ||||
Source: Statistics Netherlands
Price Index for Owner Occupied Dwellings (2005=100)
House price change
% change over a year earlier
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
| 2012 | -0.10 | 2.43 | -0.62 | 4.85 |
| 2011 | -0.65 | 1.50 | -1.84 | 3.00 |
| 2010 | -0.89 | -0.17 | -0.89 | 1.24 |
| 2009 | -1.08 | 2.79 | 1.89 | 3.22 |
| 2008 | -1.94 | 0.37 | -2.91 | 0.12 |
| 2007 | 2.18 | 4.12 | 0.00 | 0.06 |
| 2006 | 0.80 | 2.57 | 1.69 | 5.19 |
| 2005 | 5.56 | 1.97 | 3.57 | 3.38 |
| % change over a quarter | ||||
Source: Real Estate Institute of New Zealand
Median House Price (in NZ $)
House price change
% change over a year earlier
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
| 2012 | 3.49 | 3.18 | 1.27 | -0.74 |
| 2011 | 5.12 | 2.78 | 0.33 | -0.39 |
| 2010 | 3.41 | 3.67 | -0.50 | -0.07 |
| 2009 | 4.15 | 5.28 | 1.78 | 0.00 |
| 2008 | 2.36 | 1.23 | -3.42 | -7.01 |
| 2007 | 6.28 | 3.75 | -0.15 | -2.23 |
| 2006 | 6.23 | 4.93 | 3.28 | 1.20 |
| 2005 | 4.17 | 2.77 | 0.90 | 0.10 |
| % change over a quarter | ||||
Source: Statistics Norway
House Price Index, All Dwellings (2005=100)
Netherlands.
Statistics Netherlands publishes a monthly house price index of existing own homes, those dwellings sold to a private person and intended for permanent residence by that private person. It is based on a complete registration of sales of dwellings by the Dutch Land Registry Office (Kadaster) and Value Immovable Property (WOZ). It stretches back to 2005.
The NVM, the largest Dutch association of real estate agents and property experts, releases quarterly development house prices which extend back to 1985.
New Zealand.
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) publishes Quotable Value Limited’s (the largest property valuation and information company in New Zealand) house price time-series of all residential properties starting in Q4 1989. Data prior to that period were calculated by the RBNZ and stretch back to Q4 1979.
The Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) releases several housing statistics - median house price, stratified median house price and housing price index as well. It is on a monthly basis and started in January 1992.
Norway.
Statistics Norway publishes quarterly house price index by dwelling type and region. Statistics Norway gathers data from major real estate agencies. Quarterly time-series are available from 1992.
The Norwegian Association of Real Estate (NEF) releases monthly price per square metre for the average home of about 100 m2. The statistics cover homes that are advertised on FIND, i.e. between 1/3 and 1/2 half of all homes sold in Norway during the course of a year. It extends back to 2002.
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