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Few European Nations ' Markets Rose, Most Dropped, And Many Worse-Hit Nations Like Ireland, Greece And Spain Performed Even Worse This Year Than Last Year.
The world's housing markets were on balance weaker during the year ending in the 2nd quarter of 2011, according to the very first made public survey covering the Q2 2011 info, released today by the Worldwide Property Guide, which traditionally publishes worldwide housing data ahead of other research houses.
Few European countries ' markets rose, most slid, and many worse-hit countries such as Eire, Greece and Spain performed even worse this year than last year. The US figures were also upsetting, due to high unemployment.
Globally, more housing markets experienced price falls than rises.
Only thirteen out of 39 nations which have so far released data for the period saw home price increases during the year to end Q2 2011.
Out of 26 nations with home price falls, 18 saw accelerated rates of decline.
The World Property Guide's statistics presentation uses price changes after inflation, giving a rather more practical picture than the more upbeat nominal figures usually preferred by real-estate agents.
HK had the largest increase among all nations surveyed by the World Property Guide, regardless of cooling measures implemented by the govt. Home prices were up 19.76% over the year to end Q2 2011, after inflation, with a quarterly rise of 3.51%.
The underlying dynamic has been Hong Kong's very strong business growth, with GDP up 5.1% over twelve months earlier, and very low interest rates caused by the Hong Kong dollar's peg to the US buck.
In Thailand, single-detached houses rose impressively by 7.75% during the year to Q2 2011, after inflation, after last year's fall of 4.83%.
Thai home prices rocketed by 18.29% during quarter 2. This rise likely resulted from the 0 interest loan scheme launched by the Government Housing Bank (GHB), targeted at increasing home possession among lower and middle class earners. Nevertheless it must be noted that the Thai home price database is dated and unrepresentative.
European housing markets have been puny
Prices of houses in Europe often fell lower during the year to the second quarter of 2011. In reality most EU nations experienced quicker rates of decline than last year.
The data can be grouped into a few categories : a) quicker declines this year than last, b) recoveries last year which have turned into declines, c) continued declines, but not as serious as last year, and d) precise recoveries (a little class).
1 or 2 European nations which saw home price falls last year performed worse this year
Eire had the worst home price decline among all reporting countries in our survey over the 12 months to Q2 2011. Home prices were down by 14.84% year-on-year, an even worse decline than the 11.83% fall the previous year.
EU countries which experienced weaker performances than the previous year include Netherlands (-4.07%), Slovak Republic (-6.49%), Croatia real estate (-6.55%), Spain (-8.43%) and Athens, Greece (-9.88%) (all figures inflation-adjusted).
Some EU nations which recovered last year, sunk back this year
In Latvia, standard type residences in Riga slid by 5.40% annual, after a solid comeback since Q2 2010. Quarter-on-quarter, house prices were down by 3.80%.
In Britain, average home prices were down by 5.33% year-on-year, after rising 6.04% the previous year. The housing market began rebounding as early as Q4 2009, but started falling again in the last quarter of 2010. The price-falls in England are engaging, because UK interest rates have been low and sterling has fallen, captivating foreign purchasers.
In Sweden, home prices slipped by 1.35% over the year to end Q2 2011, potentially because of the 85 percent mortgage ceiling introduced last year.
In Portugal, home prices have been falling since Q3 2010, and during the year to Q2 2011, prices softened by 5.67%.
In Germany, residence prices have been slowing since quarter 1 of 2011. During the complete year to Q2 2011, prices dipped by 0.65%.
In Finland, home prices rose, but were up a trifling 0.18% year-on-year, down from 10.24% expansion over the same period last year.
A few Western european nations have seen their housing markets recover
Norway led the little group of Western european nations which experienced home price increases, up by 5.93% over the year to end Q2 2011. Norway's home market started to rebound in Q3 2009 and has not slowed, driven by low interest rates and robust economic expansion (4.80% over 12 months earlier).
Housing markets in Estonia (Tallinn), France and Iceland rose during the year to end Q2 2011 after suffering home price falls in the previous year. In Tallinn, home prices were up 4.94% year-on-year, after last year's fall of 0.66%. In France (data is from FNAIM), costs of existing dwellings rose 4.65% year-on-year, after a fall of 1.71% the previous year. In Iceland, home prices rose slightly by 0.60% yearly, after falling by 9.04% during the previous year.
After a decade-long decline during the 1990s, the housing market in Switzerland has been stable since two thousand. During the year to Q2 2011, residence prices rose by 2.19% year-on-year, up from 0.92% the previous year.
Israeli housing market softening
Israel home prices were up 5.40% annual to Q2 2011, but the speed is slowing due to the steps taken by Bank of Israel. These include interest rate walks (now 3.25%) and the new limit on prime interest based mortgages (33% of the property's price).
During quarter 2, Israeli home prices slipped by 3.38%, the most steep decline since the last quarter of 2008. Furthermore, the continued increase in the number of building starts, and steps taken by the Ministry of Finance in real estate taxation, are anticipated to be reflected in home prices in the course of next year,writes tagza.com.
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