An overview of activity in the various sectors of the property market during 1990 . Highlights in date order the main property events of the year; reviews legislation and case law , listing all the decisions reported in the EGLR and events in Parliament. Reports on how the property companies coped with the deepening recession and examines trends in the office and retail markets , with particular reference to offices in London , retail warehousing and business parks . The problems facing the leisure industry are discussed and the increasing demand for faster development programmes and quicker starts to projects is examined. Reviews the impact of the UBR and the severe downturn in the market, comparing it with the crash of 1973-74 and analyses the trends in institutional investment . Argues that the problems currently facing some sectors of the industry could be partly due to the lack of market research and concludes with a review of the housing and agricultural market s.