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Economic prospects even weaker; property prices set to fall in 2012

The economic outlook continues to deteriorate pretty rapidly and, reflecting downgrades to our macro forecasts, we have now cut our expectations for UK commercial property returns. Rather than remaining broadly flat next year, we now think that all-property capital values could decline by about 5%, with lower-grade and regional property markets bearing the brunt of the falls.

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