LAND BANKING
- U.K. Land is one of the best global investments available today with millions of overseas money pouring in to buy strategically located land.
- Demand for U.K. land to build on is at unprecedented levels and will increase many fold over the next 10 years.
- Last year land prices rose around 25% and the Valuation Office Agency forecasts an increase of 60 % in residential land over the next 5 years.
- Land in South East England will cost you over £1.3 million per acre with planning.
- Land without planning can be obtained for as little as £10,000 per plot through Specific Land Investments.
- Mass immigration, highest divorce rates in Europe,better longevity and high house prices have increased demand for more homes.
- Councils under pressure from central government to release more land for development.
Extremely large profits have always been made in land sales by developers, land owners and farmers for generations.
Buying land and holding for a profit is a medium to long term investment, just like any other property investment.
It would be true to say that the typical profile of a land buyer has changed over the last five years as more ‘traditional investors’ become disillusioned with stock market volatility, fraud, reduced pension values, low interest rates on savings, etc.
The land buyer is now likely to be an investor with disposable income and savings who is looking to place their savings into a tangible vehicle that offers security, transparency and excellent returns.
Of course all investments carry an element of risk and provided you are not buying into a bog in Outer Hebrides but use professionals to choose land close to existing infrastructure, within the path of future development or land in areas designated by the government and its’ agencies for future development – you simply cannot go wrong.
