Perspective: Real estate market and performance update

Real estate investing continues to provide attractive total returns and diversification benefits. With occupancies improving, rent growth will be the driving force behind US real estate returns over the next few years. This Perspective looks at how different rental markets -- housing, office, industrial, and retail sectors -- should perform in coming months. It also examines global trends, as more countries establish real estate investment trusts. The Perspective concludes by discussing reasons to think twice before including timber investments within a core real estate portfolio.  (Perspective, 30 Oct 2006, 1 page)

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