Those who invest in Britain’s residential property market will likely see returns that far surpass what their savings would make if invested on the stock market or by banks reports the RLA News Service. The Investment Property Database’s UK’s Residential Index found that landlords and other investors in residential real estate enjoyed returns amounting to 4.7 percent during the first six months of the year. As long as the market does not enter into another crisis, specialists predict returns of around 9.6 percent by the end of December.
This represents a major improvement compared to returns over the past two years, especially following the financial crisis, when they fell by 3.3 percent. Experts believe that while the residential property market tends to perform very robustly during times of economic recovery, even during more troubled periods, “insulated depreciation” characterizes the sector when there is overall instability in the economy.
One of the most attractive aspects of investing in residential properties—whether to sell, or to enter the buy-to-let sector—is that it is generally seen as a less volatile investment than relying on mutual funds and the stock markets. At the same time, returns are far less conservative than if one relied exclusively on guaranteed investment opportunities offered by most banks.
Capital growth in the residential property market reached 2.5 percent, with income return rising to 2.2 percent during the first six months of the year. While residential properties performed well, commercial real estate experienced even stronger growth, with capital increases of 6.2 percent.
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