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What do recent policy initiatives mean for property?

In our view, neither Government intervention in the banking sector nor quantitative easing (QE) is likely to alter the subdued outlook for commercial property lending. Not only will gross new lending flows be low, perhaps even zero, but lenders may also actively have to withdraw £30bn of debt from the market via not refinancing some loans or demanding more equity from borrowers.

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