A two-speed recovery: Global housing markets since the Great Recession

House prices around the globe "continue a slow recovery," according to the International Monetary Fund's latest quarterly stats.

Now they're officially in bed together (more here), Knight Frank Residential and US brokerage Douglas Elliman have decided to pool their resources on the research front too.

An average 3.4% increase was recorded across 55 of the world's key housing markets during Q1, but there's signs that the top performers are starting to cool.