‘Extraordinary interest rate turnaround’ will drive 2020 real estate market

In Analysis
21:21, 28 November 2019
By Jane Roberts
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Central banks’ decision to reverse the rising interest rate policy of a year ago is the most significant intervention affecting property’s near-term future, according to interviewees in Emerging Trends in Real Estate Europe 2020. Jane Roberts reports.

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