UK property shares outstrip FTSE 100

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UK listed property has outperformed shares in UK companies over the last twenty years, according to new research from Halifax Financial Services.

The company found investors in the FTSE All Share Real Estate index have enjoyed better returns over five, ten and twenty years than those in the FTSE 100, with the five year figure in particular far outstripping the equity market. Over five years to May 2007 the total shareholder return for investors in the FTSE Real Estate index was 23.5pc per annum, compared to 7.2pc in the FTSE 100 and 8.6pc via the FTSE All Share. While less dramatic the trend is also apparent over longer periods, as a £1,000 investment in property would have returned £3,930 over ten years and £7,630 over twenty ...

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