Annual house price changes worldwide
House price change
% change over a year earlier
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
| 2012 | 0.00 | -0.28 | -0.06 | 0.94 |
| 2011 | -1.85 | 3.02 | -6.79 | -1.78 |
| 2010 | 0.63 | 3.03 | -0.99 | 8.03 |
| 2009 | -2.02 | 9.64 | 3.96 | 4.58 |
| 2008 | 15.69 | -5.04 | -2.36 | -2.07 |
| 2007 | 1.46 | 0.55 | -1.95 | -0.29 |
| 2006 | -0.72 | 8.64 | 1.97 | 2.90 |
| 2005 | 1.59 | 4.29 | 0.29 | 6.91 |
| % change over a quarter | ||||
Source: Sinyi Real Estate Planning and Research
Lutheran Home Price Index (Q1 1991= 100)
House price change
% change over a year earlier
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
| 2012 | 0.00 | -1.81 | 3.06 | -0.28 |
| 2011 | -7.15 | 20.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 2010 | -0.91 | 11.65 | -9.78 | 10.84 |
| 2009 | 2.74 | -5.64 | -13.48 | 2.61 |
| 2008 | -9.05 | -2.94 | 2.10 | -2.74 |
| 2007 | -3.16 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -4.71 |
| 2006 | 3.93 | -1.67 | -2.71 | 2.46 |
| 2005 | 3.11 | 2.21 | 2.03 | -0.32 |
| % change over a quarter | ||||
Source: Bank of Thailand
Housing Price Index, Single-detached House (1991=100)
House price change
% change over a year earlier
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
| 2010 | -9.21 | -1.45 | 11.80 | 11.07 |
| 2009 | -4.72 | -0.17 | 13.90 | -2.56 |
Source: Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago
Residential Median House Price (in TT $)
House price change
% change over a year earlier
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
| 2012 | 2.60 | 2.58 | 6.26 | 3.32 |
| 2011 | 2.00 | 0.84 | 2.02 | 2.25 |
| 2010 | 0.62 | 0.29 | 0.47 | 0.87 |
| 2009 | -4.09 | 1.03 | 3.41 | 0.96 |
| 2008 | 0.78 | -2.50 | -5.77 | -5.69 |
| % change over a quarter | ||||
Source: REIDIN
Composite House Sales Price Index (June 2007=100)
Taiwan.
Sinyi Realty Inc., the largest real estate brokerage in Taiwan, publishes a quarterly house price index which extends back to 1994.
Thailand.
The Bank of Thailand (BOT) publishes quarterly house price indices by type of dwellings- single detached house (SDH), townhouse (TH), SDH with land and TH with land. The indices are based on the appraisal database of the Government Housing Bank (GHB). The indices have some limitations since the data mostly cover medium to low-end of the housing market and are concentrated mostly on the periphery of central Bangkok and its vicinity.
Trinidad and Tobago.
The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago releases quarterly median house prices through their Summary Economic Indicators Bulletin. Publication started in December 2008.
Turkey.
REIDIN.com publishes monthly Turkey Residential Property Price Index (TRPPI) which covers 7 major cities, 71 districts, and their 481 sub districts including Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Adana, Antalya, Bursa and Kocaeli. The national TRPPI is a weighted average of those city indices. It started in June 2007.
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