Second wave may pull house prices back down

The second lockdown will have a smaller immediate impact than the first as the housing market is allowed to remain open this time. But it will also put the economic recovery into reverse and push the unemployment rate up to 9% next year. With policy support for the housing market fading at the same time, it looks increasingly likely that prices will fall in 2021.

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