The Slow Pace In The Global Economic Recovery, Strengthening Sovereign Debt Concerns, Weak Consumer Confidence And High Unemployment All Continue To Weigh On Residential Property Markets.
During 2011, house prices fell in 22 countries, with the 35 countries for which Q4 house price statistics can be purchased, and rose in only 13 countries. Similarly, 21 housing markets performed worse during 2011 than recently, while only 14 countries performed better. The figures for that 4th quarter of 2011 are somewhat worrying, with [...]