theme in this report in recent years. But prices fell or stalled in
2018 in Melbourne, Stockholm, Sydney, Toronto and Vancouver
due to government actions to reduce foreign purchases,
macro-prudential measures and/or stretched affordability. Fitch
Ratings forecasts home prices to fall in Australia and Sweden
in 2019 before stabilising in 2020, modest corrections in
China and South Korea, and stalled growth in Canada. We have
also seen regulators actively managing markets through the
tightening and loosening of lending rules.