39.The 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. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant

The bar graph displays the fluctuation of house prices in five cities, and a comparison between the years from 1990 to 1995 and 1996 to 2002 with the average price in 1989.

Overall

, London had the largest

variation

in both periods compared with 1989. The other significant feature of

this

graph is that

Frankfurt

varied the least between 1996 and 2002. London and Tokyo had the same proportion of changes from 1990 to 1995, which was around -7,5%, followed by New

York

with 2,5% less, which was -5%.

While

Madrid and

Frankfurt

, had positive changes,

Frankfurt

had a percentage of approximately 2.5%,

while

Madrid had the smallest

variation

in

this

period of time compared to the other cities, which was nearly 2%. From 1996 to 2002, London continued to have the largest

variation

, with around 12%. New

York

and Tokyo had the same

variation

amount, but New

York

had a positive fluctuation,

while

Tokyo’s was negative, which were -5% and 5% respectively. Madrid just had 1% less than New

York

, which was 4%, and

finally

,

Frankfurt

had the smallest

variation

with just 1%.