Global House Prices Continued to Rise Rapidly in 2006

Northern European countries saw the highest house price rises in 2006, among the 40 countries monitored by the Global Property Guide (which maintains the world’s single biggest collection of house price indices).

Leading the charge was Estonia with an impressive 54% house price increase in 2006. This followed average dwelling price rises of 57% in [...]

The End of the Global House Price Boom

 

Weighed down by the credit crunch and high inflation, the global house price boom has ended, according to the latest Global Property Guide survey of house price indicators.

 

Only 13 countries in which dwelling price indices are regularly published saw prices rise during the year to end Q1 2008, while 21 countries saw dwelling prices fall [...]

Global House Price Downturn Accelerated At End Of 2008 According To The Global Property Guide

It has been a dismal year for house prices, according to the Global Property Guide’s latest survey of publicly-available house-price time-series for the year 2008. And seen from a global perspective, the downturn is still accelerating.
The collapse of the world’s housing markets can be seen from three points of view, and unfortunately, all of them [...]