Real estate prices are reaching record highs but that doesn’t mean it’s the only time to sell
The housing market has behaved unpredictably during the pandemic, write Alexander Tziamalis & Paraskevi Katsiampa - so what's likely to happen next?
Written by
Alexander Tziamalis & Paraskevi Katsiampa
Senior Lecturer in Economics, Sheffield Hallam University; Lecturer in Financial Management, University of Sheffield at
Sheffield Hallam University; University of Sheffield
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Economics and Consultant, Sheffield Hallam University. My academic background is in Economics (MSc and BSc) and Social Psychology (MA). My PhD research at the University of Sheffield was on skilled migration to the UK. My teaching and research interests focus on Macroeconomics, Behavioural Economics and Real Estate. My consultancy expertise is in Real Estate and Consumer Behaviour.
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