Investing in listed property

Sarah Moore looks at investing in listed property through a fund, and reveals one cost-effective exchange-traded fund.

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The appeal of buying property viaa listed fund was highlighted last summer when many open-endedUK property funds suspendedtrading for months at a time.This was done in order to stem awave of redemptions triggered bya post-EU referendum panic, andleft thousands of investors withno way of accessing their money.While you are not guaranteed toget a good price if selling out of alisted property fund, at least youhave the option of getting out.

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Sarah is MoneyWeek's investment editor. She graduated from the University of Southampton with a BA in English and History, before going on to complete a graduate diploma in law at the College of Law in Guildford. She joined MoneyWeek in 2014 and writes on funds, personal finance, pensions and property.