The line graph illustrates the average
house
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prices
in three different countries—A, B, and C—over a 17-year period from 1997 to 2014.
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Overall
, all three countries started with relatively similar Linking Words
house
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prices
in 1997, but by the end of the period, Use synonyms
country
A had the highest housing costs, Use synonyms
while
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country
C had the lowest.
In Use synonyms
country
A, the average Use synonyms
house
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price
began at just under $220,000 in 1997. It rose steadily, reaching just over $500,000 by 2004. The following year, there was a slight drop to around $500,000, after which the Use synonyms
price
remained stable until 2008. From 2008 onwards, the Use synonyms
price
increased sharply, reaching $750,000 by 2014.
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Country
B started at approximately $200,000 in 1997. The Use synonyms
price
rose gradually to $300,000 by 2004, Use synonyms
then
declined slightly to $250,000 in the following years. Linking Words
However
, from 2009, there was a significant increase, with Linking Words
prices
doubling to $500,000, where they remained stable for the next five years until 2014.
In Use synonyms
country
C, Use synonyms
house
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prices
were the lowest at the beginning, starting at about $170,000 in 1997. They increased gradually over the next seven years, reaching $250,000 in 2004. Use synonyms
However
, by 2008, Linking Words
prices
had fallen back to $170,000. After that, they rose again to $250,000 by 2009 and remained at Use synonyms
this
level for the rest of the period.Linking Words