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If every house in the United States changed all of the light bulbs in their house, that would be equivalent to taking one million cars off the streets.
If every house in the United States changed all of the light bulbs in their house, that would be equivalent to taking one million cars off the streets.
According to the Night Frank Global Price Index, Australia is 4th in the world for fastest property growth for the first quarter 2010
Knight Frank Global House Price Index, Quarter 1 2010
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Annual (% change)
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Six monthly (% change)
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Quarterly (% change)
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||
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Rank
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Location
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World Region
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Q1 2009-Q1 2010
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Q3 2009-Q1 2010
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Q4 2009-Q1 2010
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1
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China (key cities)
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Asia Pacific
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68.0%
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NA
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NA
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2
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Hong Kong
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Asia Pacific
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30.6%
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10.3%
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6.2%
|
|
3
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Singapore
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Asia Pacific
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24.3%
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12.5%
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4.9%
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|
4
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Australia
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Asia Pacific
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20.0%
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10.2%
|
4.8%
|
|
5
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Israel
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Middle East
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15.9%
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6.3%
|
2.2%
|
|
6
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South Africa
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Africa
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11.8%
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7.2%
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3.8%
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7
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Canada
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North America
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11.6%
|
4.4%
|
1.0%
|
|
8
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Finland
|
Europe
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11.3%
|
5.1%
|
2.2%
|
|
9
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Norway
|
Europe
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10.8%
|
3.4%
|
3.4%
|
|
10
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Sweden
|
Europe
|
10.7%
|
3.7%
|
1.9%
|
|
11
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United Kingdom
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Europe
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8.8%
|
1.7%
|
0.5%
|
|
12
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Austria
|
Europe
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8.7%
|
4.8%
|
2.8%
|
|
13
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India *
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Asia Pacific
|
8.4%
|
8.0%
|
NA
|
|
14
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Colombia *
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South America
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8.2%
|
3.8%
|
1.0%
|
|
15
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New Zealand
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Asia Pacific
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6.8%
|
1.1%
|
0.5%
|
|
16
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Switzerland
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Europe
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6.2%
|
2.5%
|
1.4%
|
|
17
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Netherlands
|
Europe
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6.1%
|
1.0%
|
1.4%
|
|
18
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Luxembourg
|
Europe
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5.6%
|
2.5%
|
2.2%
|
|
19
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Portugal
|
Europe
|
3.8%
|
2.4%
|
0.3%
|
|
20
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Malaysia *
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Asia Pacific
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3.3%
|
0.8%
|
-0.1%
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* Countries yet to report Q1 2010 data, Q4 2009 data shown.
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