Seven phases to recovery: A tentative timeline for the UK resi market
The residential market is unlikely to return to full strength until 2022, says CBRE, with the post-lockdown recovery dependant on consumer confidence and the wider economic outlook; agency warns that transactions levels could potentially dip below 2009's trough, while price falls of 10% 'cannot be ruled out'
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