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Why haven’t house prices collapsed?

8 mins | May 17, 2021
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Those who did not lose out in March 2020 are “in a strong market position." With economies shrinking at an unprecedented rate, house prices were expected to plummet — and yet, they have actually been surging in most western countries. Valentina Romei reveals why these two factors that normally correlate have diverged, considering the potential repercussions of this on the housing market's future.

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