We all (us that are involved in the real estate industry) obsess over the statistics, over economic indicators and house price trends, trying to work out whether they are pointing to a recovery. At the moment the consensus of opinion -- among us that are involved in the real estate industry -- is that the world's major property markets have passed the trough and are currently making their way back up. But out opinion is treated with a pinch of salt, because we are involved in the real estate industry. But... We can prove it. There is a group of people and entities that are involved in the real estate industry, but that can say markets are bottoming without it being treated with dubiousness; (what, it's a word) Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and institutional investors. This is because they do the talking with their wallet, thus instantly putting their ...
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