Investing in Property

Over the last 40 years, property has been the best performing investment in the UK. Over the last decade and the advent of "Buy To Let" mortgages, the demand for high quality rental properties has been particularly high and the market competitive. 2001 saw a 9.5% increase on the value of the "Buy To Let" properties. Add to this rental yields and low mortgage rates and residential property investment proves increasingly lucrative.

Investment in London, with low rental yields and high property prices, is becoming increasingly prohibitive. Although current low interest rates and the high growth in property value in the South of England is unsustainable, there is no indication that the national housing boom must come to an end. A rise in interest rates will not affect rental returns, and property prices rarely depreciate significantly, even in times of recession the property market is still active, and in Glasgow property has never dipped in price as it has done in London.

Owning property is an attractive alternative investment. With continuing yields from rental income and a growth in the value of the capital, there is no other investment that matches that of property.

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