2023-11-24 14:09:02
German property market will slow but no significant correction ahead, central bank says
Key Points
- Claudia Buch, vice president of the Bundesbank, told CNBC there had not been a reversal of the overall dynamic in the housing market so there would still be overvaluations.
- German homeowners are less vulnerable to interest rate rises than some elsewhere due to the high proportion of fixed-rate mortgages.
- The central bank's Financial Stability Review for 2022 says the German economy is at a turning point following price corrections in financial markets.
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Germany's central bank is predicting a slowdown but no significant correction in the country's property market despite warnings of overvaluation, according to a report published Thursday.
Claudia Buch, vice president of the Bundesbank, told CNBC's Joumanna Bercetche: We do see a slowdown in the price growth for residential real estate, but it's not that the overall dynamic has reversed.
So we still have overvaluations in the market, she said.
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