Annualised property price growth by Country for 2006 first quarter:

Country 2006 Q1 percentage growth
Estonia 17.0%
Denmark 16.1%
New Zealand 13.5%
Bulgaria 12.5%
South Africa 12.1%
Spain 11.6%
Ireland 10.7%
US 10.7%
France 9.3%

Sweden 8.5%
Latvia 8.3%
Lithuania 8.0%
Greece 7.9%
Italy 7.2%
UK 5.3%
Canada 5.2%
Belgium 5.1%
Finland 4.7%
China 4.7%
Netherlands 4.0%
Singapore 3.8%
Australia 2.6%
Switzerland 2.3%
Portugal 2.1%
Austria 1.7%
Germany 0.2%
Japan -2.6%
Hong Kong -6.6%
Serbia-Macedonia -10.3%

Table source: Knight Frank

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