Land Information
Current Land Usage in the UK
The UK has approximately 60 million acres of land in total and 70% of this land is owned by 1% of the population. However, there has been a recent shift in ownership of land as it becomes a more attractive asset to people other than traditional land owners.
Investment Feasability
Before any investor would undertake to make any kind of purchase of investment land, they would obviously wish to know as much as possible about it, and the context within which they are making the investment land decision.
Land Agents
Making a wise choice about investment land sales is a complex business. With all the others factors to consider mentioned in this site, such as the relative merits versus other types of investment, regional trends in land sales, and the return on investment likely to be gained, it is sometimes easy to forget that you actually need to find the land in the first place!
Land Valuation
Whilst it is comparatively easy to value a building such as a house, arriving at a valuation for plots of land for sale you are considering purchasing requires an assessment that takes account of a wider variety of different factors.
Planning Permission
Planning permission is granted where there is a need for housing. If you are looking to gain planning permission in the medium term you should be looking to the following factors...
Rates of Return
Land prices in the UK increase in a manner similar to housing. The demand for land for sale in London and the UK is such that the Government’s Valuation Office Agency recently reported a 23% rise in land prices. This rise comes at a time when stocks and shares are dramatically falling in price and when banks are offering rates below 5%.
Regional Land Values
The price of residential land for sale in the UK has increased a staggering eight-fold over the last 20 years. A shortage of residential building land for sale, combined with buoyant demand for new properties lies behind rising prices, says a recent Halifax survey. Unsurprisingly, the most expensive building land for sale in the UK is in London and the South East, with the cheapest being in Wales and the North.
