Real Estate Funds to Buy Now: YOU WON'T FIND THESE FIVE PILING INTO THE USUAL PROPERTY STOCKS

摘要

AFTER PRODIGIOUS GAINS IN the first seven years of this century, real estate stocks finally retreated in 2007. Through mid November, the Dow Jones Wilshire index of real estate investment trusts lost 15% and the average realty-oriented mutual fund dropped 10%. Lofty property values, growing worries about the health of the economy and the concern that long-term interest rates would soar contributed to falling share prices.