Why Invest in Land?

Analysts agree that strategically placed land should be included in every astute investor's portfolio.

'When you look at the performance of other investments, such as the FTSE 100, the land market has been far less volatile and survived the credit crunch in much better shape.'

Tom Raynham, Knight Frank News Release, April 2011

'Land values have increased by 134% in the past 10 years.. analysts forecast that prices could rise another 40% by 2015'

Lucy Warwick-Ching, Financial Times, Feb 2010

Why the South East?

Developers are currently targeting land in the south east as it is considered a commercially viable, low-risk location.'Urban land values in the South East have grown 14% since bottoming out in June 2009'

Savills UK Residential Development Land Report, April 2011

'The housebuilders are in acquisition mode.'

Knight Frank News Release, May 2011

Why Now?

The coalition government has set out a clear presumption in favour of sustainable development.

'Government's clear expectation is that the answer to development and growth should, wherever possible, be yes'

Greg Clark, Decentralisation Minister, March 2011