Using property investment funds can allow investors to find undervalued commercial development assets, according to experts.
Property investment firms looking for long-term returns from the commercial sector can still find ways to beat rising values, it is claimed.
Many analysts believe that undervalued
commercial development assets can still be found by buying through property investment trusts, the Financial Times reports.
Foreign investment at the commercial market's lowest point led a surge of investment which has driven prices back up again.
But this renewed interest has opened the door for popular property unit trusts such as New Star and Aviva to start buying property for the first time in two years.
Stephen Peters, analyst at Charles Stanley, told the publication that this type of fund is one of the few ways that investors can currently hope to maintain a good balance of capital income and growth.
BNP Paribas recently claimed that it could take up to 15 years for commercial property prices to return to their pre-recession levels.
Posted by Allan Flowers.