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

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
The bar chart demonstrates data of average house price changes percentage in New York, Madrid,
Tokyo
, Frankfurt and
London
from 1990 to 2002
in contrast
to average prices in 1989. It can be seen from the diagram that, from 1990-1995, most cities’ average prices were at least 5% lower than in 1989, including New York,
Tokyo
and
London
. What’s worse,
Tokyo
and
London
were 7% lower than the average in 1989. Even though the other two were higher, they were merely around 2% more than in 1989. Looking at another half of the chart, the average house price soared since 1996 except in
Tokyo
, which dropped 5% than 1989. Among other cities,
London
witnessed a significant growth in house prices, reaching around 12% higher than in 1989. Meanwhile, New York, Madrid and Frankfurt rose 5%, 4% and 2% respectively.
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  • fluctuation
  • suburb
  • metropolitan
  • trend
  • appreciation
  • depreciation
  • residential market
  • housing bubble
  • real estate
  • economic factors
  • urbanization
  • infrastructure development
  • property value
  • inflation-adjusted
  • comparative analysis
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