What's the outlook?

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David Holder, research analyst for Citi Quilter, explains why this downturn in the UK commercial property market is different from the last one in the early 1990s, but says property is still important in the long term for a diversified portfolio

For many advisers and their clients, UK commercial property has long been an important building block for a diversified investment portfolio. Recent investors have been drawn to the asset class by some abnormally positive returns, but as returns have sharply corrected over the last year, how is the asset class best accessed, and what is the outlook for it over the next few years? Most clients will access property through collectives that invest directly into the physical asset or into companies who own, develop or manage property, such as real estate stocks and real estate investment tru...

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