The bar chart compares how many accommodations sold for more than 5 million dollars in eight different countries during a 6-year period starting in 2009.
Overall, there was an upward trend in the number of houses sold in all cities, except for Singapore, which witnessed a decline during the survey period. Additionally, sales in London were consistently the highest among all cities, while the opposite was true for Dubai.
Looking at the four cities having the highest number, in 2009, 523 houses were sold in London, making it the highest figure compared to that in other cities, and this was followed by the number in New York at 476 houses. Meanwhile, the number of sales in Hong Kong and Miami were 388 and 256, respectively. In the following years, the figure in London grew significantly to 1638, and similar tendencies were witnessed in New York and Hong Kong, while the number in Miami experienced a less considerable increase.
In terms of the lower group, the numbers of houses sold in Los Angeles and Sydney were 178 and 151 in 2009, respectively. The figure for Los Angeles then climbed to 214 in 2014, while that for Dubal underwent a remarkable rise to 258. Regarding the city has the lowest number of accommodations sold, the number in Dubai was 12 in the first year, before surging up to 46 in 2014. In contrast, the number for Singapore experienced a gentle decrease during the survey period, from 107 houses to 74 sales in the last year.