Investment Property Databank (IPD) has said that total return of its ROZ / IPD Dutch Property Index this year was 11.3%, down from 12.5% in 2006, but close to the 11.4% average ten-year annualised total return. In 2007 property outperformed both equities and bonds, which returned -16.7% and 1.7% respectively. Capital growth dropped to 5.8% in 2007 from 6.6% in 2006, while income return fell from 5.6% in 2006 to 5.2% in 2007. The top performing sector was Retail with a total return of 13.4%, followed by Industrial at 11.7%, Offices at 11.3%, and Residential coming in at 9.6%.
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