The bar chart illustrates how many homes were sold across eight cities in the years 2009 and 2014, as well as those worth 5 million dollars.
Overall, the most of the cities experienced a rise throughout the timeframe, with the exception for Singapore, which showed a dip. Notable, London was the dominant city in selling residential properties.
In detail, there was a dramatic upward trend in the volume of homes sales in London, surging from approximately 450 in 2009 to roughly 1650 by 2014. This was followed closely by New York, where sales grew from about 500 to 800, while Hong Kong rose from slightly below 400 to 600.
Conversely, the remaining cities witnessed a moderate increase in property sales, besides Singapore, which saw a slight decline. Sales in Miami went up from about 250 to around 300, whereas both Los Angeles and Sydney sold under 200 homes in the initial year, but this figure for both cities increased, reaching just above 200 and about 270, respectively. Meanwhile, Singapore experienced a downward, falling from 100 to 80, while Dubai, which showed an increase in sales, despite negligible number, reaching from nearly 10 to roughly 50 by 2014.