Deep Dive: Property markets in this recession are not like 2008

Property acting more like a bond

Eve Maddock-Jones
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Fears of recession are increasing in most major economies, with the US already in a technical one, and when the property sector is thrown into the mix flashbacks to 2008 occur. But going into this recession, experts told Investment Week that property is in a very different state than it was pre-GFC - in a good way.

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