Hong Kong made international headlines last week after it was shown to have the least affordable property market in the world. But Hong Kong is not the only economy in the region where property prices look out of line with fundamentals. Prices also look significantly overvalued in Taiwan. While a house price correction in either of these economies would represent a serious threat to economic growth, we do not think it would be enough to trigger a severe and prolonged economic downturn.
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