Wednesday, 04 July 2007

Investors Shun `Falling Knife' of Once-Booming European Real Estate Stocks

(Bloomberg) -- Rising interest rates and declining
profits from real estate are pushing investors to ditch European
property stocks after a four-year rally.

The Bloomberg Europe Real Estate Index just completed its
worst quarter in a decade and the stocks are still expensive
compared with European averages. Robert Parkes, who advises
pension fund managers as a strategist at HSBC Holdings Plc, said
the stocks have further to decline.


Read more at Bloomberg Stocks News

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