Knight Frank has just released the Prime Global Cities Index Q1 2013. The average price of luxury homes in the world’s key cities fell by 0.4% in the first quarter of 2013 although the annual rate remained positive at 3.6%.
Highlights of the Prime Global Cities Index Q1 2013:
- Prime property prices fell on average by 0.4% in the first quarter of 2013
- Prime prices across the 29 cities tracked by the index increased by 3.6% in the year to March 2013
- Cities in Europe remain the weakest performers, recording a fall of 2.3% on average
- Jakarta (up 38.1%) was the strongest performing prime residential market. Hong Kong came eighth, experiencing price growth of 8.8%
- Tokyo (down 17.9%) was the weakest performing prime residential market in the last 12 months