Premier's Ross: rental growth key to property

Premier's Alex Ross believes targeting areas of the property market that are expected to show rental growth will be key this year.

The £49m Pan European Property Share fund manager says although capital values are rising, yields are likely to be flat for a number of years. “Rental market outlooks will now be absolutely key in the sustainability and strength of the recovery in property values, with values set to be solely driven by the movement in rental values from the second half of this year and thereafter for a number of years,” he says. “It is certainly my belief we are in the middle of a short and sharp recovery in primary UK capital values, driven by the attraction of sustainable income from well-let proper...