FTSE notes commercial property returns 'cooling'

The firm says its All UK Commercial Property Index returned 1.55% in the third quarter 2007, a “marked cooling” from the 3.06% in the first quarter of the year. It adds the index is the first formal measurement of the industry’s returns to be published for this quarter and provides a picture of how the market is performing. FTSE says the six months ending 30 September shows an All Property total return of 3.12%, compared to the second half of 2006 when the comparable performance was 7.8%. It says, over the 12-month period ending 30 September, commercial property remains the best performi...