Property securities expected to outperform direct investments

Reita, which surveys the panel of 24 firms each quarter, found problems with liquidity and lending markets are continuing to have a detrimental impact on all types of property investment. The quarter Property Investment Perspective report found 62% of property experts believe there has been a major deterioration in banks' willingness to provide funding for property loans over the past few weeks. Many of those surveyed say a bad situation became markedly worse in the third quarter of 2008, and some mention a lack of finance from German banks as a major problem. Dave Butler, head of Rei...