Real estate fund investors build house of rising returns

Courtesy USATODAY.com Money - Waggoner  Thu, 06/05/2008 - 18:40

Real estate mutual funds are faring surprisingly well in the worst real estate market in decades. One reason: Real estate funds invest in commercial properties, which march to a different drummer than the residential market.

Will the commercial real estate rally continue? Probably but it wouldn't hurt to move in slowly.


 

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