The next property hotspot for die-hard bulls

Experts are growing wary of UK and European property. So the newspapers are searching further afield for the next big thing in increasingly obscure locations. Such as Afghanistan...

Experts are growing wary of UK and European property. The latest to call the top of the UK market is TV property guru Naomi Cleaver. She has sold her £1.6m London home and plans to rent until prices fall. "I think the whole market is going to drop. It might not happen immediately, but I think we are at the top of the cycle." So how are newspapers to fill their property sections? By talking about the latest hotspot' overseas.

But with Europe looking shaky these are becoming increasingly obscure. The Financial Times, for example, is now looking at the possible rewards of investing in property in Kabul in Afghanistan. No, we're not joking.

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