A year ago, the possibility of a rise in UK interest rates played a part in depressing investor sentiment in the real-estate sector. Those fears were misplaced, but there is always something to worry about. If this time last year we had predicted the vote for Brexit and the election of Donald Trump as US president, we would have attracted considerable criticism. So it would be unwise to rule out further shocks.
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