It is perhaps time to re-examine property as an investment for self-invested personal pensions and small self-administered schemes, it has been argued.
Writing for moneymarketing.co.uk, Phil Clarke, technical services manager at Rowanmoor Pensions, explained that indications appear to show it as being a recovering market.
From 2007 to 2009, property prices fell by an unprecedented 45 per cent, he observed.
In the 12 months to June 30th, however, commercial property investment returns were up by 15 per cent.
This pattern, Mr Clarke suggested, indicates the market has started to recover beyond its low point and matters are improving.
He added: "The trend is for such properties to provide a consistent and increasing level of return and there is the potential for long term growth.
"It is also suggested that such properties have inflation hedging characteristics as rents tend to increase with inflation and their value may rise."
Meanwhile, the National Association of Pension Funds claimed recently that although government plans to restrict pensions tax relief for high earners are sound in principle, they need some urgent fine-tuning.
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