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By: Language: English Series: EuroProperty ; 18 January 2010, 21-25(5)Publication details: 2010Subject(s): Summary: Low interest rates have lured small-scale investors back into the German residential market and prices are slowly rising. Spain?s housing market will not recover until vendors adjust price downwards as much as 30% to reflect stock surfeit and the ongoing economic slump. UK house prices might slip in 2010 after a strong recovery. Sweden?s residential market where rents are indexed and vacancy rates are low, provides a stable low-risk investment environment although some Swedish banks have posted lending losses in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Finnish residential circles are beginning to attract new international investors.

Low interest rates have lured small-scale investors back into the German residential market and prices are slowly rising. Spain?s housing market will not recover until vendors adjust price downwards as much as 30% to reflect stock surfeit and the ongoing economic slump. UK house prices might slip in 2010 after a strong recovery. Sweden?s residential market where rents are indexed and vacancy rates are low, provides a stable low-risk investment environment although some Swedish banks have posted lending losses in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Finnish residential circles are beginning to attract new international investors.