Investing in UK commercial property

Tangibility
Many investors, bruised from recent experiences with stockmarkets, value the traditional “bricks-and-mortar” qualities of property.

Attractive historic returns
Commercial property has outperformed equities, gilts and cash over 1,3,5 and 10 year periods*.

A secure, stable and relatively high underlying yield
Rental income from commercial property averages around 6.5% currently – higher than yields on other asset types. Income tends to be fairly secure due to the length of typical lease contracts and a low level of tenant defaults.

Low volatility
Historically commercial property has demonstrated a much smoother performance than equities. And commercial property has proved to be much less volatile than residential.

Low correlation with other asset types
Property has tended to perform differently from other asset types at the various stages of the economic cycle. Analysis of past returns shows us that equities and gilts are much more closely correlated. This means that property has a valuable role as a diversifying asset class.
*IPD Monthly Index August 2004.

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UK Commercial property investment