Annual house price changes worldwide
House price change (Kiev)
% change over a year earlier
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
| 2012 | -7.14 | 6.64 | 0.00 | 1.66 |
| 2011 | -1.37 | -3.56 | 0.29 | 10.32 |
| 2010 | -3.50 | -2.52 | -1.25 | -2.51 |
| 2009 | -14.51 | -7.45 | -8.48 | -3.67 |
| 2008 | 8.46 | 7.29 | 2.39 | -9.28 |
| 2007 | 9.91 | 2.74 | 0.66 | 4.12 |
| 2006 | 3.34 | 9.28 | 17.48 | 22.63 |
| 2005 | 10.82 | 15.30 | 19.59 | 7.86 |
| % change over a quarter | ||||
Source: Blagovest
Average Price of Apartments, Kiev (US $ per sq. m.)
House price change (Dubai)
% change over a year earlier
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
| 2012 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.22 | 3.20 |
| 2011 | 1.85 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 2010 | 3.48 | -4.20 | -6.14 | 0.93 |
| 2009 | -41.21 | -8.55 | 6.54 | 0.88 |
| 2008 | 42.40 | 15.73 | 4.85 | -7.87 |
| 2007 | 17.00 | 2.56 | 4.17 | |
| % change over a quarter | ||||
Source: Colliers International
House Price Index, Dubai (Q1 2007=100)
House price change
% change over a year earlier
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
| 2012 | -1.41 | 1.39 | -1.23 | -0.60 |
| 2011 | -0.51 | 2.85 | -0.02 | -1.12 |
| 2010 | 0.50 | 3.63 | -0.87 | -2.57 |
| 2009 | -4.46 | 2.93 | 4.03 | 1.25 |
| 2008 | -2.40 | -2.67 | -5.49 | -5.12 |
| 2007 | 1.84 | 3.99 | 1.27 | -0.12 |
| 2006 | 1.62 | 3.10 | 2.21 | 2.12 |
| 2005 | 0.06 | 2.77 | 0.21 | -0.14 |
| % change over a quarter | ||||
Source: Nationwide
Average House Price (in British Pounds)
House price change - FHFA index
% change over a year earlier
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
| 2012 | 0.55 | 1.80 | 0.86 | 0.18 |
| 2011 | -2.50 | -0.21 | 0.28 | -0.09 |
| 2010 | -1.22 | -0.09 | -1.71 | -1.26 |
| 2009 | -0.25 | -1.18 | -0.59 | -0.04 |
| 2008 | -2.20 | -2.54 | -2.36 | -2.84 |
| 2007 | 0.65 | -0.24 | -1.15 | -1.61 |
| 2006 | 1.56 | 0.74 | 0.25 | 0.58 |
| 2005 | 2.42 | 2.65 | 2.59 | 2.19 |
| % change over a quarter | ||||
Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency
Purchase-only House Price Index, Seasonally Adjusted (Q1 1991=100)
House price change
% change over a year earlier
Source: Situacion Inmobiliaria
Average sale price of apartments, Montevideo
Ukraine.
Colliers International publishes a quarterly Dubai house price index for apartments, villas and townhouses. It started in 2007.
United Kingdom.
Nationwide is arguably the most reliable source of British house price data. Various time-series can be sourced from this agency, such as regional house price series, quarterly and monthly indices, inflation adjusted prices and prices by type of dwellings. The data stretch back to as early as 1952 on a quarterly basis and 1991 on a monthly basis.
Halifax publishes nominal and seasonally-adjusted house price statistics by house category (all, new and existing) and type of buyers (all, first-time buyers and home-movers). It stretches back to 1983.
The Land Registry also releases a monthly house price index for each of the ten Government Office Regions (GORs) of England and Wales. It started in January 1995.
United States.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (formed by the Federal Housing Finance Board (FHFB) and the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO)) publishes quarterly and monthly house price indices for single-family detached properties by using data on conventional mortgage transactions obtained from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
The S&P/ Case-Shiller Home Price Index is a composite of single-family home price indices for the nine U.S. Census divisions. It is based on purchase prices of single-family houses in 20 major metropolitan areas. It stretches back to 1987.
Both sources use the repeat-sales methodology. Please see our full description of US indices here.
Uruguay.
Situacion Inmobiliaria, a real estate website, compiles average sale prices of apartments and houses in the city of Montevideo. The time-series stretches back to 1999.
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