Land Banking

Just as the housing market bubble bursts, along comes news that farmland prices are rocketing. Farm land values jumped 30 percent over the last 12 months and prices are up 130% since the early 1990s.
(Source: Evening Standard 15th Nov 2004)

The reason Land Banking has in our opinion become an attractive investment opportunity for all types of investors, ranging from private individual investors to large corporate investors, is inextricably linked to the fact that the United Kingdom is experiencing a severe housing shortage.

Let's look at the statistics.

The population of the United Kingdom in 1981 was 56.2 million. In 2001 the population had increased by approximately 2.6 million to 58.8 million inhabitants.

In terms of immigration to the UK over 170,000 people per year are granted entry to the UK, this constitutes 63% of the annual population growth. So at current rates the UK can expect to see an additional 3.4 million inhabitants within the next 20 years.

Coupled to this increase is the fact that there is a rising divorce rate in the UK. In 1980, there were approximately 148,500 divorces throughout the UK and Ireland. In 2000 this figure had climbed to nearly 200,000, an increase of nearly 33%.

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In the next 17 years, the UK will need another 1.5 million homes

In the next 17 years, with the rising population and increased lack of affordable housing, the UK will need another 1.5 million homes (300,00 in London alone), a Treasury Report has claimed. (The Daily Telegraph,18/08/2004)

Essentially, this means that there is an undeniable need for massive scale development in the UK at present and for the foreseeable future.

Where are these new homes to be built?

Some will be built on brown field sites or redeveloped areas, but the fact remains this land is in short supply and is expensive to purchase and develop.

The priority for the provision of affordable housing by necessity will mean that certain swathes of green belt land throughout Britain will be reclassified.

Proven Concept

Greenbelt, agricultural and forestry land is far less expensive than land which currently enjoys planning consent.

Preplanning purchase of green belt land is nothing new, the large developers have been doing it for decades. Developers "stockpile" land into their own Land Banks.

What is new however is that we can now offer this opportunity to the general public.

Most of the large developers handpick their sites in the same way as we do, they choose their acquisitions by studying each area for the likelihood of future planning permission being granted.

Every developer knows that each town or city must grow outwards and the land most available is agricultural, greenbelt and forestry. Clearly it is preferable and far more profitable to buy land prior to planning applications being submitted.

When purchasing land through us, you are buying the Freehold. This means you own the land outright, after completion you receive the title deeds to your plot(s) registered in your own name.

With the increasing demand for land most experts agree that land will continue to increase in value for the foreseeable future.

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