From Hong Kong to Malaysia, Property Markets Set to Decline: IMF (Nikkei Asia)

• Housing Market Stability and Affordability in Asia-Pacific (IMF)
• Price increases during the pandemic, underpinned by low mortgage rates as central banks eased monetary policy, are now being reversed. This creates the conditions for sizable price misalignments and a greater risk of price declines in the future. The drops could be on the order of 5% to 20% in some countries, the paper warns, with rising interest rates adding to the risks. READ MORE

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