The bar chart below shows information about changes in average house prices in five different cities between 1990 and 2002 compared with the average house prices in 1989.

The bar chart below shows information about changes in average house prices in five different cities between 1990 and 2002 compared with the average house prices in 1989.
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The chart compares the evolution of house
cost
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costs
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in 5 cities in 2 periods with the average in 1989.
Overall
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,
prices
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the prices
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of residents have increased in all the towns, except Frankfurt, between the first period (1990 and 1995) and the second one (1996 and 2002).
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London and New York had a huge increase, the evolution in Madrid and Tokyo was not that big. Looking at the information in detail, during 1990 and 1995, New
york
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, Tokyo and London were below their percentage of 1989.
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, in the second period between 1996 and
2002
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2002,
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those had higher prices and in all the towns the amount was higher than in 1990 and 1995.
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Consequently
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Consequently,
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in all the cities except the German one, there was an increase. London has the biggest change with around 20% of
increase
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the increase
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. Following, there is New York with a positive change of 10%.
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However
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in Madrid and
Tokyo
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Tokyo,
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the prices had only increased by 3%. So, in the United Kingdom
capital
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capital,
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the amount for a home was 5 times more than
the
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in the
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spanish
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capital and the
Japan
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one.
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Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "change" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 5 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • real estate market
  • average house prices
  • economic factors
  • base year
  • significant increase/decrease
  • period of stability
  • peak and trough
  • real estate development
  • population growth
  • relative comparison
  • speculate
  • anomalies
  • timeframe
  • trend analysis
  • market dynamics
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