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Recovery plays: Direct property investment

FEATURE: Should private investors take the bricks and mortar route with commercial property?

Recovery plays: property opportunity funds

FEATURE: With £1bn raised this year, can listed opportunity vehicles live up to the hype?

Property recovery plays

FEATURE: Sentiment is firmly turning in favour of commercial property. With a slew of IPOs and property fund launches expected in the next six months, there will be many tempting opportunities to invest

Another property veteran tools up for recovery

ANALYSIS: Robert Ware's property firm ready to strike JVs with bank lenders on distressed assets

US investors join UK property hunt

SECTORS: Overfunded and over here: more than just a fistful of dollars is chasing distressed real estate

The rush for the exit

THE LOWDOWN: Much of the recent problems with property funds lie in their structure

Aim property rally built on sand

SECTORS: Despite a 61 per cent bounce since March, the junior market's real estate sector is littered with heavily indebted and risky property funds

Bank of China's mortgage revolution

Can't get a buy-to-let mortgage? Ask the Chinese, but be prepared to accept strict terms

Reinventing renting

FEATURE: Home ownership is embedded in our cultural psyche, but renting could be a better investment trend

Pension funds enter buy-to-let arena

ANALYSIS: Amateur landlords beware: the new word on the street is 'build to let'