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If you thought this year was bad for real estate, then buckle up.

Notable meltdowns this year included WeWork in the US and Chinese developers like Country Garden. The contagion has reached the leveraged credit markets too, affecting real estate firms like Avison Young as well as plenty of companies in the industrials sector.