• In this photograph taken on January 27, 2013, the Jakarta skyline is seen at dusk. Indonesia is expected to grow 6.3 percent in 2013 after expanding this year by 6.1 percent, the World Bank said in their December 18, 2013 report. AFP PHOTO / ROMEO GACAD
    In this photograph taken on January 27, 2013, the Jakarta skyline is seen at dusk. Indonesia is expected to grow 6.3 percent in 2013 after expanding this year by 6.1 percent, the World Bank said in their December 18, 2013 report. AFP PHOTO / ROMEO GACAD
  • Number 9: The city skyline of Hong Kong. Prices here rose 8.8% from March 2012 to March 2013. AFP Photo / Philippe Lopez
    Number 9: The city skyline of Hong Kong. Prices here rose 8.8% from March 2012 to March 2013. AFP Photo / Philippe Lopez
  • Number 2: A skytrain passes over vehicles on the road in Bangkok. Prices have risen 26.1% from March 2012 to March 2013. Reuters/Kerek Wongsa.
    Number 2: A skytrain passes over vehicles on the road in Bangkok. Prices have risen 26.1% from March 2012 to March 2013. Reuters/Kerek Wongsa.
  • Number 7: A view of the skyline of Los Angeles, California. Prices here rose 12.5% from March 2012 to March 2013. Jerzy Dabrowski/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images
    Number 7: A view of the skyline of Los Angeles, California. Prices here rose 12.5% from March 2012 to March 2013. Jerzy Dabrowski/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images
  • Number 3: The City of Miami skyline. Prices here have risen 21.1% from March 2012 to March 2013. Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP
    Number 3: The City of Miami skyline. Prices here have risen 21.1% from March 2012 to March 2013. Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP
  • Number 8: Monaco with yachts moored at Port Hercules. Prices here rose 12.2% from March 2012 to March 2013. AFP Photo / Valery Hache
    Number 8: Monaco with yachts moored at Port Hercules. Prices here rose 12.2% from March 2012 to March 2013. AFP Photo / Valery Hache
  • Number 10: The sprawling Kibera slum in Kenya's capital Nairobi. Prices rose here by 8.45 from March 2012 to March 2013. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya
    Number 10: The sprawling Kibera slum in Kenya's capital Nairobi. Prices rose here by 8.45 from March 2012 to March 2013. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya
  • Number 5: Night view of Shanghai. Property prices here have risen 17.4% since March 2012 to March 2013.
    Number 5: Night view of Shanghai. Property prices here have risen 17.4% since March 2012 to March 2013.
  • Number 6: A man pushes a pram along an embankment close to the Palace Bridge in St Petersburg, Russia. Reuters/Alexander Demianchuk
    Number 6: A man pushes a pram along an embankment close to the Palace Bridge in St Petersburg, Russia. Reuters/Alexander Demianchuk
  • Number 4: Vehicles zip down Umm Amara Road with the night time Dubai skyline in the background. Prices in the emirate rose 18.3% from March 2012 to March 2013. Sarah Dea/The National
    Number 4: Vehicles zip down Umm Amara Road with the night time Dubai skyline in the background. Prices in the emirate rose 18.3% from March 2012 to March 2013. Sarah Dea/The National

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