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Property's bargain hunters

FEATURE: Distressed property is the target of listed funds and a plethora of private vehicles. But is now really the right time for the vultures to swoop?

Reits buy into property opportunity

ANALYSIS: Savvy investors are getting ready for commercial property fire-sales - but are Reits or opportunity funds the best way to play the eventual recovery?

Retailers stacking up pain for landlords

ANALYSIS: Rental income is under threat as vacancies rise, and retail rents drop by a third

Is the US housing market bottoming out?

THE BIG QUESTION: The global economic downturn began with a downturn in US house prices, but is the world's biggest property bust now coming to an end?

Bonds beat bricks as a property investment

ANALYSIS: Bonds issued by financially-sound developers offer far better - and safer - returns than their shares

Aim's £9bn property black hole

SECTORS: There are some worthy investment causes buried in the rubble of Aim's property funds

Bargain basement property

Desperate sales tactics could yet drive UK house prices down lower

Home economics don't stack up

ANALYSIS: Mortgage approvals up, enquiries up, housebuilding shares up. It's spring in the housing market. But none of it will last long

LOWDOWN - COMMERCIAL PROPERTY REITS

LOWDOWN: What are the right things to look for in a Reit?

London calling as capital Reits poised for recovery

Real estate investment trusts have shed 80 per cent of their value in two years. The sector is now clearly polarised into well-capitalised recovery plays, and debt-ridden basket cases