Writing task 1, test 3, Cambridge: 7

The Chart below shows information about changes in average house prices in five different cities between 1990 and 2002 compared with the average house prices in 1989. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparison where relevant.

 

The provided information found from the var charts is about the percentage change in average house prices in five different cities in five different countries over the 12 years period from 1990 to 2002 compared with the average house prices in 1989.

On the basis of the provided figure, we can demonstrate that the average prices of houses in three cities decreased significantly by 5% in New York(USA) and about 7.5% in both Tokyo(Japan) and London(UK) during the period from 1990 to 1995. While the average house prices increased slightly in two cities Madrid(Spain) and Frankfurt(Germany) by about 1.5% and 2% respectively.

It is, however, clear that the average house prices decreased only in Tokyo(Japan) by 5% between 1990 and 1995. In contrast the average house prices went up in the rest of cities. In New York, it rose considerably by 5%, in Madrid it increased slightly by 4%, it grew by 2% in Frankfurt. It can be noted that London has the largest increased in the average house price over the 6 year period from 1996 to 2002 as it increased dramatically by 11 percent.

All in all, there are a wide differences in ouse prices between the five cities which illustrated in this picture. These differences may be a result of the number of population or the number of houses required in a certain city.