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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 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.
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The bar chart illustrates the percentage change in average
house
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prices
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 in five major cities—New York,
Madrid
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, Tokyo,
Frankfurt
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, and London—between 1990 and 2002, compared to 1989
prices
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.
Overall
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,
house
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prices
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 in most cities fluctuated over the two periods (1990-1995 and 1996-2002), with a significant
decline
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 in the early years, followed by a recovery in later years. Between 1990 and 1995,
house
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prices
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 decreased in three out of the five cities. The most significant
decline
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 was recorded in Tokyo and London, where
prices
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 dropped by approximately 7% and 5%, respectively.
Similarly
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, New York experienced a slight
decline
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 of around 5%.
In contrast
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,
Madrid
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 and
Frankfurt
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 saw moderate increases in
house
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prices
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, with
Madrid
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 rising by about 2% and
Frankfurt
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 by nearly 1%.
However
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, between 1996 and 2002, the trend reversed for most cities, with housing
prices
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 rising significantly. London experienced the highest increase, soaring by approximately 12%,
while
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 New York
also
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 saw a recovery of around 5%.
House
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prices
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 in
Madrid
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 continued to rise steadily, reaching around 4%,
whereas
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Frankfurt
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 remained stable with little to no growth.
On the other hand
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, Tokyo was the only city that continued to experience a
decline
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 in
house
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prices
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, falling by around 5%.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words house, prices, madrid, frankfurt, decline with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "decline" was used 4 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increases" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "approximately" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 4 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "significant" was used 3 times.
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