Property unlike other investments is considered very low risk over time, yet provides the potential for huge gains in wealth that other low risk investments could never achieve.
Unlike pensions which have been under performing for some time, property consistently increases in value way above inflation, it is also a tangible asset giving you a far greater degree of control over your investment, whilst providing you with a regular monthly income now rather than when you retire.
Coupled with the ability to refinance your asset when the market is right, releasing equity in the immediate future, this enables you to build wealth using minimal cash outlay, without having to fund the entire investment yourself, yet you get the benefit of greater returns.
A recent published article by the Institute for Public Policy Research, Britons are retiring in such numbers that one in five pensioners may live overseas by 2050. Current research suggests that 9.2% of the UK population now lives abroad and this figure is set to increase substantially in the next decade.
Purchasing an investment property in the UK or overseas is now a key wish for almost 40% of the UK adult population (Barclays & Nat West Bank surveys) and as a consequence, a growing number of financial and mortgage advisors are offering overseas property as a standard investment product alongside more established investments.
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