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Old 07-18-2016, 07:35 PM  
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Originally Posted by GspotProductions View Post
and house prices are dropping.
It started with the collapse of share prices in commercial real estate like Barratt and Persimmon.

Then it went to real estate funds, around 9 mulit-billion dollar funds suspended redemptions. Now everything in commercial real-estate is on sale.

Next Commercial collapses and then we see the Residential prices start to fall and its long overdue in the UK.

https://www.theguardian.com/money/20...n-30-says-bank

If the pound hits close to parity at $1.10, that's a 30% devaluation in the pound.
Add to that a 30% drop in real estate prices and you could have property more than halved (at least for foreigners) and that's before:

"Société Générale warns high-end properties could even halve in value as companies move top staff abroad"
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