Commercial Property: Confidence Rebuilding in Bricks and Mortar

The Scotsman (October 03, 2009)

Author: Jeff Salway

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THE commercial property market evokes nothing more strongly than the excess that triggered the economic crash. Investors piled into the asset class between 2005 and 2007, seduced by returns far higher than would normally be expected from commercial property.

Then it went pear-shaped, with so many people trying to pull their money out as prices plummeted that providers were forced to stop trading or introduce exit fees.

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Commercial Property: Confidence Rebuilding in Bricks and Mortar

But now there is talk that it might be time for investors to consider bricks and mortar once again.

Standard Life, which was among those to introduce a waiting system for investors wanting out, is launching a new commercial ...

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