UK Land investment

Land Vs Other Assets

Equities

Since 1985, land across the UK has increased in value by over 840%, which is significantly greater than equities, bonds and property. Land prices have increased by 165% since the year 2000.
In 1983, the average home in the UK was priced at £31,621. By the beginning of 2006 this figure had increased to £169,901. This constitutes a 437% rise.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at the end of 1983 at the 1,220.58 mark. By the close of trade on the 31st of 10 January 2006, the market was at 10,900.40. This is a rise of 790%.
The FTSE returned 406%, (closing at the 1,028.40 mark Christmas 1983 and standing at 5,779.80 as of 31st January 2006)

Commodities

Oil was $17 per barrel in late 1999 and hit recent highs of $65 per barrel. However, over the longer term, i.e. 20 years, oil returned 141% against land’s 840% in the same period
Gold traded at £300 per ounce in 1985 and £570 per ounce in January 2006, which was an all time high. This equates to a return of roughly 88% over twenty years.