Listed Property Trusts (LPT) trade in the share market, which is often driven by fundamentals beyond property value and income. The share market can be a temperamental investment vehicle, subject to asset price fluctuations.
The market can be manipulated by margin traders, who use borrowed funds to take high-risk positions, which can result in the share market fluctuating wildly in response to interest rate changes.
As such, the share market can be highly volatile and sentiment-driven, with very little differential between investment types.
Mates Invest asset values are not subject to this volatile market sentiment, which usually discounts heavily debt-laden investment products.