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Five years on from the crash, property prices have hit new highs. Where are home values rising fastest?
The country, which is preparing to host the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games, has been buffeted by various economic shocks this year as talk of tighter U.S. monetary policy prompted some investors to pull cash out of the country.
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But thanks to cheap financing and a growing middle class, house prices continued to head north.