Germany: The safe-haven property play?

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Residential property may not be an obvious "safe haven" in today's unpredictable market conditions.

The boom and bust nature of the UK housing market, which has claimed its fair share of victims over the past decade, is enough to send even the most cool-headed investor fleeing. In Germany, however, the residential property market is thriving. The German real estate market, which has not experienced a boom in over two decades despite other markets flourishing, is experiencing a flurry of activity and property prices have started to soar. After decades of underperformance, the German residential property market has seen a resurgence in both rental growth and capital values over the la...

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