Global property sector set to remain robust despite topping out concerns

Prospective property investors are advised to look further afield than central London

This week's Conjecture debate covers the property market, primarily whether the asset class is currently in the process of topping out. Present were host James Tew, Standard & Poor's, Svitlana Gubriy of Standard Life Investments and Michael Barrie from Legal & General. Is the property market at its peak? Michael Barrie (MB): We have obviously had a very strong run and returns last year were about the same level we had the previous two years. In terms of where we are going in 2007, I suspect we will also have a reasonably good year. There are issues to do with any bull run and property ha...