After a decade-long house price boom, Iceland’s housing market continues to strengthen, amidst low interest rates and limited supply.
After a decade-long of uninterrupted house price rises, Estonia’s housing market remains fundamentally strong, despite the economic repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Surprisingly, Belgian house prices continue to rise, despite falling property transactions due to the abolition of “woonbonus” in Flanders coupled with the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Egypt’s housing market made a surprise comeback, buoyed by the government’s tough economic reforms in recent years, particularly the recent liberalization of foreign land ownership rules in the country.
South Africa’s housing market is showing signs of improvement, after being depressed for the past five years.
House price increases have accelerated to an amazing extent in many countries in Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the U.S. and Canada. The magnitude of this boom is utterly unprecedented. Low interest rates and monetary easing must be assumed to be the main cause.
| Apartments in | Price/sq.m. | Rent/mo. | Yield/p.a |
|---|
| Andorra | € 2,915 | € 920 | 3.16% |
| Argentina | $ 3,660 | $ 896 | 2.45% |
| Aruba | $ 1,455 | $ 1,774 | 7.32% |
| Australia | $ 8,783 | $ 2,505 | 2.85% |
| Austria | € 9,609 | € 1,894 | 2.25% |
| Bahamas | $ 3,632 | $ 2,964 | 8.16% |
| Belgium | € 3,171 | € 1,445 | 4.56% |
| Bermuda | $ 7,056 | $ 5,597 | 4.76% |
| Brazil | $ 4,833 | $ 1,576 | 3.26% |
| BVI | $ 6,469 | $ 3,071 | 2.85% |
| Bulgaria | € 1,663 | € 851 | 5.12% |
| Cambodia | $ 2,913 | $ 1,553 | 5.33% |
| Canada | $ 10,947 | $ 4,276 | 3.91% |
| Cayman Is. | $ 4,163 | $ 3,018 | 7.25% |
| Chile | $ 3,256 | $ 1,336 | 4.10% |
| China | $ 11,829 | $ 2,479 | 2.10% |
| Colombia | $ 2,189 | $ 1,379 | 6.30% |
| Costa Rica | $ 1,938 | $ 1,450 | 7.48% |
| Croatia | € 1,978 | € 1,074 | 5.43% |
| Cyprus | € 1,678 | € 796 | 4.74% |
| Czech Rep. | € 6,688 | € 1,050 | 3.14% |
| Denmark | € 4,279 | € 2,071 | 4.84% |
| Ecuador | $ 1,320 | $ 1,115 | 6.75% |
| Egypt | $ 831 | $ 977 | 9.40% |
| El Salvador | $ 1,193 | $ 1,013 | 8.49% |
| Estonia | € 3,190 | € 1,560 | 4.89% |
| Finland | € 8,376 | € 2,820 | 3.37% |
| France | € 12,796 | € 3,564 | 2.79% |
| Gambia | $ 667 | $ 330 | 5.94% |
| Germany | € 5,907 | € 1,305 | 2.95% |
| Ghana | $ 2,273 | $ 2,921 | 8.81% |
| Greece | € 3,619 | € 1,438 | 3.97% |
| Guadeloupe | $ 2,940 | $ 1,680 | 5.71% |
| Hong Kong | $ 28,570 | $ 7,267 | 2.35% |
| Hungary | € 2,515 | € 1,319 | 5.24% |
| India | $ 10,932 | $ 2,537 | 2.32% |
| Indonesia | $ 2,595 | $ 1,840 | 7.09% |
| Ireland | € 0 | € 1,923 | 7.09% |
| Israel | $ 17,149 | $ 4,591 | 2.68% |
| Italy | € 6,589 | € 2,584 | 3.92% |
| Jamaica | $ 1,404 | $ 1,369 | 9.75% |
| Japan | $ 16,322 | $ 4,346 | 2.66% |
| Jordan | $ 1,455 | $ 1,605 | 8.82% |
| Kenya | $ 1,687 | $ 1,123 | 6.66% |
| Latvia | € 2,789 | € 1,132 | 4.06% |
| Lebanon | $ 3,693 | $ 2,082 | 4.51% |
| Lithuania | € 2,163 | € 1,166 | 5.39% |
| Luxembourg | € 4,605 | € 1,955 | 4.40% |
| Macedonia | € 1,134 | € 565 | 4.98% |
| Madagascar | $ 520 | $ 320 | 7.38% |
| Malaysia | $ 3,441 | $ 1,281 | 3.72% |
| Malta | € 4,576 | € 1,540 | 3.37% |
| Martinique | $ 2,979 | $ 1,524 | 5.12% |
| Mexico | $ 2,834 | $ 1,183 | 4.18% |
| Moldova | € 965 | € 965 | 10.00% |
| Montenegro | € 1,400 | € 1,055 | 7.53% |
| Morocco | $ 1,549 | $ 854 | 5.52% |
| Netherlands | € 6,902 | € 2,569 | 3.72% |
| New Zealand | $ 5,272 | $ 2,984 | 3.41% |
| Nicaragua | $ 893 | $ 1,146 | 7.70% |
| Norway | € 8,281 | € 2,556 | 3.09% |
| Panama | $ 3,606 | $ 2,075 | 5.75% |
| Peru | $ 2,713 | $ 1,075 | 4.80% |
| Philippines | $ 3,952 | $ 2,422 | 6.13% |
| Poland | € 2,793 | € 1,535 | 5.50% |
| Portugal | € 3,830 | € 1,578 | 5.45% |
| Puerto Rico | $ 1,007 | $ 717 | 7.12% |
| Romania | € 1,701 | € 451 | 5.88% |
| Russia | € 6,305 | € 1,811 | 4.54% |
| Serbia | € 2,239 | € 994 | 4.44% |
| Singapore | $ 14,373 | $ 4,736 | 3.30% |
| Slovak Rep. | € 2,911 | € 1,320 | 4.53% |
| Slovenia | € 3,657 | € 1,716 | 4.69% |
| South Africa | $ 4,214 | $ 1,636 | 3.88% |
| Spain | € 4,978 | € 1,991 | 4.00% |
| St Kitts and Nevis | $ 3,496 | $ 1,712 | 4.90% |
| St Lucia | $ 1,860 | $ 1,108 | 3.57% |
| St Martin | $ 3,267 | $ 4,000 | 4.90% |
| Switzerland | € 13,280 | € 4,122 | 3.10% |
| Taiwan | $ 10,373 | $ 2,142 | 2.06% |
| Tanzania | $ 700 | $ 500 | 8.57% |
| Thailand | $ 5,266 | $ 1,373 | 5.13% |
| Trinidad & T. | $ 2,334 | $ 1,607 | 6.88% |
| Turkey | € 4,581 | € 887 | 1.93% |
| Ukraine | € 2,807 | € 2,550 | 9.09% |
| UAE | $ 5,918 | $ 3,070 | 5.19% |
| UK | € 21,179 | € 5,846 | 2.76% |
| USA | $ 17,191 | $ 4,942 | 2.91% |
| Uruguay | $ 2,794 | $ 1,385 | 4.96% |
| Vietnam | $ 2,280 | $ 988 | 4.33% |
