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Residential property: Safe as houses – or house of cards?

Asset managers and pension funds are showing renewed interest in UK residential property, but political interference could hold back investment

Residential property: Safe as houses – or house of cards?
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When newly elected Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn faced David Cameron at his first Prime Minister’s Question Time in September, his first question was on the housing crisis.

"What does the government intend to do about the chronic lack of affordable housing and the extortionate rents charged by some private sector landlords in this country?" he asked.

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