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REITs special

From January 2007 property companies can trade as Real Estate Investment Trusts. It's a move that should boost profitability and the property market while making diversified property portfolios available to smaller investors and income seekers. Peter Temple and Ceri Jones investigate the opportunities ahead.




Real Estate Investment Trusts


REIT for conversion
Peter Temple

We still don't know for sure which of the existing roster of companies will convert to the new format when the REITs regime for property companies starts up in January 2007.

Valuing REITs
Peter Temple

There's more to valuing a Real Estate Investment Trust than working out its net asset value, or yield, says Peter Temple - although more technical methods imported from America might best be left to City nitpickers.

Opening up property niches
Ceri Jones

When the first Real Estate Investment Trusts appear next year many will be highly specialised. From nursing homes to ports and prisons, specialist REITS will make the most of their properties.

The REIT time to buy property
Ceri Jones

Shares in property companies were boosted by news in the Budget that Real Estate Investment Trusts will be launched in the UK, but is it the right time to invest in property?

Are REITs a better property investment?
Peter Temple

The government has been slow to introduce Real Estate Investment Trusts. But now it has, a whole new market should emerge, says Peter Temple.



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