Between the lines: No need for a commercial property break – it's time to broadcast confidence

READING the financial pages is enough to make any property developer consider taking a very long holiday and to wait until there are clear signs that the economy has stabilised and reached the cusp of a rebound.

The commercial property sector, in particular, has reached the end of a long bull run, during which values soared as more and more investors, including a growing army of amateurs, clamoured for a share of the seemingly endless rising returns.

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