This is a black year on the residential market: support schemes generating turnover and developments have completely disappeared, cash buyers are bargaining harder than ever, and banks' patience has also run much thinner. Investors that are unable to pay interest installments face a bleak future, since new buyers could only be lured to the market with accesible loans or support schemes that incentivize buying, but so far there is no sight of these. And while developers struggling with unsold stock are fighting for survival, the threat of an inevitable new shortage of homes is increasingly looming.
