The given bar graph compares how the housing prices changed in five distinct cities, including San Francisco, Beijing, HongKong, Sydney and Rome between 1990 and 2000.
Looking at the illustration, it is immediately evident that Beijing consistently recorded the high figure over a period of ten years, whereas the opposite was true for Rome. Additionally, most cities witnessed an overall downward trend, save San Francisco and Beijing.
From 1990 to 1995, HongKong topped the list of housing prices at around 5%, just 1% higher than the corresponding figure for Beijing. Compared with the latter, the figures for Sydney and San Francisco were slighter smaller, at 3% and 2% respectively. However, Rome was the most unique one with a percentage of -4% in its housing price.
In the last five years, after a significant change in the housing price, Beijing reached a peak to become the highest-priced housing city, with nearly 6%. In contrast, the figure for HongKong declined massively to take the bottom place in housing prices, at -6%. While Sydney and Rome experienced a decrease of 5% and 1%, respectively, San Francisco saw an increase of 1% in the housing price.