The third quarter of 2006 saw a rebound in performance of the Real Estate segment of collective investment schemes (previously called unit trusts) after a large dip in the second quarter ending June. On average, these funds saw a return of 8.3% for the third quarter ending September, after a somewhat dismal loss of 15.9% in the second quarter, according to official returns of the Association of Collective Investments (ACI) prepared by Hugo Lambrechts.