Is the UK market headed for a crash in 2017?

Some forecasters are expecting commercial capital values in the UK to fall sharply in 2017 with an implied yield expansion of up to 120bps. This is unlikely unless we have significantly underestimated inflation pressures in the economy and, as a result, interest rates rise far faster than currently seems likely.

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