As to what you buy there are numerous property investment types from residential housing to industrial buildings, warehousing, shops to plots of land. You buy an item either as free hold of leasehold. You can purchase property by using an investment trust, partnerships, or go it alone. Investing in a rental property through property trading groups might be a preferable solution for those who do not want to become direct landlords and just want a share of the profits. In these circumstances the investor owns the property, but the company manages the property in exchange for a percentage of the income, i.e. a percentage of the monthly rent. It's always a difficult question as to what to invest in. During the past few years the property market has experienced a decline, but now there appears to be a slight recovery in the market which therefore offers more options for consideration. In the UK some reports shown that it is better to avoid investing in hotels and retail properties owing to their continued decline. Reports from the Investment Property Databank encourages people to invest in prime properties, because of their value gain, instead of investing in commercial properties, that are losing their value, because of being in bad conditions or located in poor environments. Finding a property to invest in might be a hard job to do in the UK, but one thing is sure: it is worth investing, because of the 1. 6 % decrease in property prices, during the past 12 months. That said, will people want to sell their property during a flat market? This is always the dilemma that faces people either trying to buy and sell property.