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This is what billionaires' houses cost in global cities

Last updated on: November 25, 2011 12:34 IST

Though the global market is reeling under a slowdown threat, the ultra-prime real estate market of the world's billionaires has performed well throughout the downturn, according to a new study from the United Kingdom-based real estate firm Savills plc.

Price growth of high value homes has been highest in emerging markets like Singapore, where prices have increased 144 per cent since 2005 and Mumbai, where prices have jumped 138 per cent in the same period, Savills said.

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This is what billionaires' houses cost in global cities

Last updated on: November 25, 2011 12:34 IST
Participants compete in a dragon boat race to mark the annual Tuen Ng or Dragon Boat Festival in Hong Kong.

1. Hong Kong

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This is what billionaires' houses cost in global cities

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A couple walks towards a Christmas tree at a shopping mall in Tokyo.

2. Tokyo

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This is what billionaires' houses cost in global cities

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View of a metro sign in front the Galeries Lafayette department store with Christmas lights in Paris.

3. Paris

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This is what billionaires' houses cost in global cities

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PS Waverley, the last seagoing passenger carrying paddle steamer in the world makes it's way under Tower Bridge, London.

4. London

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This is what billionaires' houses cost in global cities

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A Christmas tree illuminates Manezhnaya Square in front of the Kremlin in Moscow.

5. Moscow

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This is what billionaires' houses cost in global cities

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Cell phone covers are seen on display in a shop in New York City.

6. New York

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This is what billionaires' houses cost in global cities

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People throng the Nanjing Road shopping district in Shanghai.

7. Shanghai

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This is what billionaires' houses cost in global cities

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Singapore.

8. Singapore

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This is what billionaires' houses cost in global cities

Last updated on: November 25, 2011 12:34 IST
The Gateway of India.

9. Mumbai

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This is what billionaires' houses cost in global cities

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Opera House, Sydney.

10. Sydney