Govt should speed up planned property fund

Residential and commercial property are important to any diversified investment portfolio, which is ...

Residential and commercial property are important to any diversified investment portfolio, which is undoubtedly why demand for the asset class has been so strong over the past five years. However, bricks and mortar have recently come in for a pounding on the basis that the UK is on the verge of a residential property market collapse, a view we certainly do not share. Yes, on the face of it, residential house prices have surged relative to earnings and, when interest rates rise, this can cause big problems, as we saw in the early 1990s. However, there are two reasons why we believe things...