CEE property values completed the final leg of their recovery in Q3, fully reversing the nearly 5.5% peak-to-trough drop in 2020. With rents barely moving on the quarter, falls in yields did all the heavy lifting in driving capital values higher. CEE yields across all sectors have now dropped back since the start of the year, with the decline in retail yields a notable exception in Europe. Therefore, in contrast to our forecast in our last Outlook, we no longer expect office and retail yields to end the year higher. And with both office and retail rents expected to return to growth next year, there is a risk to our forecasts that yields could fall further. That said, given the cooling economic recovery and structural shifts from e-commerce and remote working, the rebound in rents will be modest at best. Moreover, after 2022, rising property yields on the back of higher bond yields mean that the next few quarters are likely to be as good as it gets for property values.
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