The increase in energy costs brought about by the conflict in Iran could hit commercial property returns either through squeezed occupier margins and therefore weaker property demand and rent growth, and/or higher interest rates, which would put upward pressure on yields. But for now, providing the conflict is relatively short-lived, our base case is that the impact on returns is small.
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