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The World's Housing Markets Were On Balance Weaker In The Year Ending In The 2nd Quarter Of 2011, According To The First-Ever Broadcast Survey Covering The Second-Quarter 2011 Info.

The planet's housing markets were on balance weaker in the year ending in the 2nd quarter of 2011, according to the very first published survey covering the Second-quarter 2011 information, released today by the Global Property Guide, which historically publishes world housing information ahead of other research houses.

Few EU countries ' markets rose, most dropped, and many worse-hit countries like Eire, Greece and Spain performed even worse this year than last year. The US figures were also displeasing, due to high unemployment.

Globally, more housing markets experienced price falls than rises.

Only 13 out of 39 states which have so far released information for the period saw house price increases in the year to end Second-quarter 2011.
Out of 26 states with house price falls, 18 saw speeded up rates of decline.

The Global Property Guide's probabilistic show uses price changes after inflation, giving a pragmatic picture than the more hopeful nominal figures often favored by property agents.
Hong Kong had the biggest increase among all states surveyed by the World Property Guide, in spite of cooling measures implemented by the government. House prices were up 19.76% over the year to finish Second-quarter 2011, after inflation, with a quarterly rise of 3.51%.

The fundamental dynamic has been Hong Kong's really powerful business expansion, with GDP up 5.1% over 12 months earlier, and very low interest rates coming from the HK dollar's peg to the US dollar.

In Thailand, single-detached houses rose impressively by 7.75% in the year to Second-quarter 2011, after inflation, after last year's fall of 4.83%.

Thai home prices zoomed by 18.29% during Q2. This rise likely resulted from the zero interest loan scheme launched by the Government Housing Bank (GHB), aimed at increasing home ownership among lower and middle class earners. Nevertheless it must be noted that the Thai house price database is dated and unrepresentative.

Western european housing markets have been puny

Costs of houses in Europe sometimes fell lower in the year to Q2 of 2011. In reality most Western european states experienced faster rates of decline than last year.

The info can be grouped into several classes : a) faster 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) real recoveries (a tiny class).
1 or 2 EU states which saw house price falls last year performed much worse this year

Eire had the worst house price decline among all reporting countries in our survey over the twelve months to Second-quarter 2011. Home prices were down by 14.84% yearly, a worse decline than the 11.83% fall the previous year.

Western european countries which experienced weaker performances than the year before 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 states which recovered last year, sunk back this year

In Latvia, standard type apartments in Riga slid by 5.40% year-on-year, after a solid comeback since Second-quarter 2010. Quarter-on-quarter, house costs were down by 3.80%.
In the UK, average house prices were down by 5.33% yearly, after rising 6.04% the previous year. The home market started bouncing back as early as Q4 2009, but started falling again in the last quarter of 2010. The price-falls in England are fascinating, because UK interest rates have been low and sterling has fallen, attracting foreign customers.
In Sweden, home prices dropped by 1.35% over the year to end Second-quarter 2011, potentially thanks to the 85% mortgage ceiling introduced last year.
In Portugal, home prices have been falling since Q3 2010, and in the year to Second-quarter 2011, prices softened by 5.67%.
In Germany, house costs have been slowing since the first quarter of 2011. During the full year to Second-quarter 2011, costs dipped by 0.65%.
In Finland, home prices rose, but were up a mere 0.18% yearly, down from 10.24% growth over the same period last year.

A few EU states have seen their housing markets recover

Norway led the small group of European states which experienced house price increases, up by 5.93% over the year to finish Second-quarter 2011. Norway's housing market began to rebound in Q3 2009 and hasn't slowed, driven by low interest rates and robust industrial growth (4.80% over twelve months earlier).

Housing markets in Estonia (Tallinn), France and Iceland rose in the year to end Second-quarter 2011 after suffering house price falls in the previous year. In Tallinn, house prices were up 4.94% year-on-year, after last year's fall of 0.66%. In France (information is from FNAIM), costs of existing dwellings rose 4.65% year-on-year, after a fall of 1.71% the previous year. In Iceland, house prices rose slightly by 0.60% annual, after plunging by 9.04% in the year before.

After a decade-long decline in the 1990s, the home market in Switzerland has been stable since two thousand. During the year to Second-quarter 2011, apartment costs rose by 2.19% yearly, up from 0.92% the previous year.
Israeli home market softening

Israel home prices were up 5.40% year-on-year to Second-quarter 2011, but the speed is slowing thanks to the steps taken by Bank of Israel. These include rate walks (now 3.25%) and the new limit on prime interest based mortgages (33% of the property's value).

During Q2, Israeli house prices fell by 3.38%, the steepest decline since the last quarter of 2008. Additionally, the continuing increase in the quantity of building starts, and steps taken by the Ministry of Finance in property taxation, are expected to be mirrored in house prices in the course of the year to come,writes tagza.com.
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