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Rates down, demand up: sun shines on property stocks

Nick Lenaghan

The listed property sector is enjoying its best prospects since the pandemic period began five years ago as interest rates fall and a vicious cycle of plummeting commercial real estate values looks to be ending, according to UBS.

Turbocharging the rosy outlook is a serendipitous combination of factors: high costs have choked off construction across most sectors in recent years – from housing to office towers – just as demand grows or, in the case of office space, bounces back. That gives the owners and investors in existing real estate the upper hand.

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Nick Lenaghan edits the property section, which covers all aspects, from residential real estate and housing and construction to commercial property – office, retail, industrial – and major ASX-listed developers and real estate investment trusts. Connect with Nick on Twitter. Email Nick at nlenaghan@afr.com

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