Reita, the UK's education and awareness campaign for property investment and real estate investment trusts, has called on Britain's Financial Services Authority to extend the ban on short selling of stocks to the commercial property sector. The organisation suggested that the ban in the financial sector could tempt short sellers to seek opportunities in the property sector. Reita believes expanding the ban would help the commercial real estate sector to address continuing market volatility.
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