UBS Global Real Estate Bubble Index 2021
Find out which cities have the greatest housing bubble risk and discover the latest housing market trends.
The UBS Global Real Estate Bubble Index analyses residential property prices in 25 major cities around the world. In this year’s edition, we discuss how housing prices in urban centers have continued to climb, which is noteworthy for two reasons. First, because city life has suffered a considerable blow from the pandemic and the rise of remote working. Second, because housing affordability in cities was already heavily strained even before the pandemic.
And yet the lack of affordability of homeownership has evidently not been an obstacle to price increases. Record low financing costs and the entrenched expectation of long-term value gains have made owning a home so appealing that the price and debt level don’t seem to matter—however, this may prove to be a fallacy.
Where are the greatest bubble risks in 2021?
Where are the greatest bubble risks in 2021?
Use our interactive Global Real Estate Bubble Index to track and compare the risk of bubbles in 25 cities around the world over the last three years. Moscow, Stockholm, and the cities around the Pacific—Sydney, Tokyo, and Vancouver—recorded double- digit price growth. European housing markets are still hot, and imbalances are sky-high.
Cities in focus from this year’s bubble index
Cities in focus from this year’s bubble index
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