Thinking outside the box

The traditional areas of the property market have taken a beaten over recent years, however there are still opportunities to be found within the asset class, it is just a case of looking at the more niche areas

As 2010 gets fully underway investors and industry commentators are speculating and hunting down the asset classes they hope will defend and enhance their investments. Will this be the year emerging markets emerge victorious? Or maybe this will be the year the Chinese bubble bursts? Property is already on some people’s radar and property fund sales have risen in the past months, but opinion is still divided. When talking about investing in property the asset classes that first spring to mind are buy-to-let and commercial property; the problems these two have had have been well documen...