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Yield-driven declines in capital values gather pace

All-property capital values fell by 0.5% in May, the seventh consecutive monthly fall.  That raised the cumulative decline since October last year to 1.6%. With rents flat, the declines in capital values have been solely yield driven.  And given that investors’ confidence remains low, some further upward drift in property yields looks likely.

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