Knight Frank: Global housing market at its weakest since 2009
KUALA LUMPUR/SINGAPORE: Worldwide mainstream house price inflation marginally avoided falling into negative territory, with global house prices rising on average by 0.1% in the three months to June 2011 contributing to an annual growth of 1.7% over a 12-month period, according to the Knight Frank Global House Price Index for the second quarter (2Q) of 2011.