The 16th Assises de la Valorisation Immobilière, organized by the Institut Français de l'Expertise Immobilière (IFEI), provided an opportunity to take a closer look at the latest upheavals in the real estate markets. A - slight - cut in key interest rates, already well anticipated by investors, was quickly followed by a political upheaval with almost immediate negative effects on the stability of the French economy. And therefore on the financial conditions of real estate assets, already the target of "dislocations".