Bulgaria took the sixth place in the ranking of countries by the growth in home prices over the past decade, according to the online source Newsbg.ru , Citing data from the company Lloyds TSB International. The rankings are according to the period from the third quarter of 2001 to the third quarter of 2011, also took into account consumer price inflation during this period. According to the company, emerging markets showed the biggest increase in prices during this period. So the first place in the ranking is India with growth of 284%, the second - with the growth of Russia 209%, then comes South Africa - 161%, Lithuania - 143%, followed by Hong Kong - 125%. Bulgaria ranked sixth, prices during that period for residential real estate is increased by 106%. Rising prices in Bulgaria proved to be nearly five times more than the same period in other eurozone countries, where price increases in the last ten years has averaged 23%. Seventh place was occupied by France (82%), the ninth - Australia (76%) and tenth - Norway (72%). However, data from a study over a ten year period does not reflect the real trend in house prices. Over the past year in Bulgaria there is a decrease in home prices by 10%. HomesOverseas.ru