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Daniel Thomas, Dan

Daniel Thomas is the Financial Times property correspondent and writes about commercial and residential property in the UK and globally. He writes a column every second Monday about the property market, as well as regular supplements on the sector.

Daniel was previously personal finance reporter for the FT and, before that, assistant editor of Property Week. - -

Market should brace itself for more pain

Buyers are gradually returning, but the market has to be prepared for a period of further pain before a recovery becomes a reality outside certain niche markets

Property: Office market spearheads recovery after dotcom bust

Demand is strong despite pockets of oversupply, writes Daniel Thomas

Chance to iron out differences with cross-border Reits

Just as the dust has begun to settle around UK real estate investment trust legislation there come plans for a European version

Shrewd investors face a taxing question on debt

At what price would you buy debt secured on good commercial property in a bad commercial market?

All eyes are on the tape-measure brigade

Valuers are now being asked to mark to market more accurately and far more quickly, says Daniel Thomas

Extra tax burden could have development implications

There is much talk following property’s annual festival in the south of France about the government looking to take a kick at an industry already feeling pretty down

Doubt is the only certainty in UK's complex market

The UK property investment market had been straightforward for so long it was difficult not to make a profit. But with the correction in values, that luxury has gone and only the brave predict what might happen next

Ominous signs for students of history

There are parallels between the commercial property slump of the early nineties and the current depressing trends, writes Jim Pickard

Jon Hunt tops list of winners in property stakes

With the industry knee-deep in its worst downturn since the early 1990s, it seems a good time to remind readers of those brighter investors who got out just in time