Why Invest in Land?
- Land is real
- Unlike shares, land for sale is tangible - it can be visited, seen and walked on.
- Land is a finite resource
- England is a small country with the majority of the population wanting to live in the South East. For more information, click here.
- Land is a solid and easy to understand investment
- Land is not open to accounting scandals and it is clear when property prices are going up (or down) and the reason for this movement. For example everyone in England is presently aware of the housing crisis in the South East. Other traditionally 'solid' investments such as precious metals are not as simple as they appear.
- Land is a cheap method of investment
- A semi-detached house in South East England can easily cost £250,000, whereas a residential-sized plot of investment land in the same location could be bought from upwards of £10,000.
- Land increases in value
- This is due to demand outstripping supply and also from land gaining planning permission to have houses built on it.
- The UK has a housing shortage
- The need for housing close to London is regularly reported upon in the press. The only solution appears to be to build more houses on investment land. The government have agreed to build 40% of all these new houses on Greenfield sites (60% Brownfield).
- Investment land has a wide range of uses
- Investment land can be used for grazing animals, starting a business or building a home on, or it can simply be left as it is - whatever is done with it, the price is likely to rise considerably, even with the slowdown in house price inflation.
