IPD announced on Friday that its UK Annual Property Index reported in 2007 the biggest fall in commercial property returns since 1990. The change in the capital value of investments in UK commercial property over the year was -7.7%, and the total return to property investments was -3.4%. This turnaround was driven by a sudden collapse in investor confidence after the summer, triggered by pervasive financial sector uncertainty.
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