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Brexit May Spark ‘Substantial’ London House-Price Drop, UBS Says

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London’s housing market faces severe price declines if the U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union triggers an extended period of economic weakness, according to UBS Group AG.

A severe recession could halt the “unsustainable price growth fueled by ample liquidity and tight supply,” UBS said in a report accompanying its Global Real Estate Bubble Index. London is one of six cities, led by Vancouver, considered at risk of a bubble because prices have increased by an average of 50 percent since 2011, according to the report.