Unlike direct property ownership, a REIT offers liquidity and daily price quotations.

与直接持有不动产不同，房地产投资信托基金提供流动性和每日报价。

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Inez Rix of Direct Property Auctions specializes in helping owners who are now struggling to sell their place in the sun.

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The United States General Accounting Office says that estimate of the costs of 11 September includes the direct destruction of property as well as indirect losses caused by businesses closing.

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The CPI also ignores the direct cost of property taxes--sure to go up as states and cities bail out underfunded pension plans--and subtracts the "hedonic" effects of regulations that increase quality of life, such as the added expense of pollution-reducing gasoline additives.

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Direct investment by individuals in property and the stock markets is positive, but speculation, or over-investment, can be problematic.

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