Tuesday 22 May 2012

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Property

PROPERTY To let

Income return drives investment performance over the longer term explains Alan Gardner, Ignis Real Estate

Commercial property investment performance over the longer term has been driven principally by income return which reflects net rental payments received from tenants. Over the 30 years to December 2010, commercial property delivered annualised total returns of 9.2% a year with the income return...
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PROPERTY The real value of property

Paul McNamara and Richard Gwilliam, PRUPIM, put the case for property investment

The UK commercial property market has recently been through a period of extreme turbulence. As asset pricing generally pushed beyond sustainable levels in the mid-decade, the property market eventually collapsed. This adjustment in pricing was further exacerbated by the effects on the credit...
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INFLATION Property offers protection

Long term investors worried about inflation should consider property advises Richard Gwilliam, Prupim

The global financial crisis caused economists and policymakers around the world to worry about the danger of plunging into another Great Depression, with a prolonged period of deflation. In response to this threat, the weapons used by policymakers in almost all countries included slashing...
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PROPERTY High rise?

Is property still a viable asset? Simon Mallinson, Invesco Real Estate, believes there are some attractive opportunities

The financial crisis has had a profound impact on the way many investors view real estate and how they are planning to undertake their real estate investment programmes. A recent Invesco/IPE European Institutional Asset Management Survey (EIAMS) in Europe suggests pension scheme allocations to...
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PROPERTY Building a greener portfolio

Pension schemes can drive change by how they manage the environmental impact of their property portfolio suggests Paul McNamara, PRUPIM

It is becoming increasingly clear that commercial property is part of the problem and part of the solution to carbon dioxide emissions. According to the United Nations(1), buildings account for 40% of both global energy use and carbon dioxide emissions, 30% of raw materials usage and 20% of water...
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PROPERTY Commercial development

Gerry Ferguson, SWIP, looks at key aspects of direct commercial property investment

Where would we be without business properties? From shops to offices to factories and warehouses, commercial properties are hubs of activity and output. Indeed, the productive activities of business would be impossible without them. For those looking to invest in commercial property, though,...
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Back in fashion?

Property investor’s handbook by Kate Faulkner (220 pages), ISBN 978 184 490 051 0 £10.99 from www.which.co.uk/books

According to Mintel research, an astonishing 25% of UK adults have invested in the buy to let property market as a way to save for the future. This excellent book, from the impressive Which? essential guides series, is a useful introduction for both the would-be investor and the more experienced...
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