In this segment, we will look into the many advantages of land investments as we delve deeper into how you could take advantage of this opportunity to build your wealth. You will also get a better understanding of the opportunities offered by Land International as your questions are answered.

As we have stated before, land unlike shares or unit trusts is real and tangible. It is an asset that can be seen, touched, walked on and furthermore, the cost of land rises much faster on average as compared to property because the supply of land is limited and unlike property, land cannot be manufactured to satisfy the escalating demand. The value of a piece of land increases in 2 ways, firstly, by the increasing property value when demand exceeds supply and secondly, by obtaining permission to build houses on it.

Land banking is a unique concept that is so simple to understand and is a solid investment because by participating in a land banking project you become the owner of the land. Land banking also offers consistent returns as the land is in its raw stage which is the most basic stage in the development process. In the earlier days, only the rich are able to acquire land as they were the only ones who could afford to fork out the large sums of cash needed to purchase plots of land. Today, all that have changed as even small to medium-sized investors are able to own land through pooling their investments via land banking.

At Land International, we have set our sights on one particular site of the many areas available for land banking and it is situated in Gatwick, Crawley in Sussex of England.

Why England? England is a relatively small country with a majority of the population yearning to live in the South-East region of the country. Over the past 80 years, the population has gradually increased and is now thriving as an up-and-coming township. Another factor is immigration and population movement within the UK resulting in a huge surge in housing demand. The costs of land here is skyrocketing and this is essentially because there have been fantastic gains made by investors on land sales over the past 10 years. Supply of land here is depleting while the demand is ever-soaring resulting in an unprecedented growth. The chain reaction to this phenomenal situation has seen the government of UK calling for the development of some 1.1 million new homes in the South-East region of England alone. This is a huge opportunity for the astute investor to take advantage of the situation immediately and grab these much sought after land.

Now you can see clearly why England is the best pick for land banking investment. Why Gatwick? Gatwick, Crawley, is located in the region of Sussex and has outperformed the national economy for the past 15 years since 1992. Within the town of Gatwick lies the Gatwick Diamond Area, one of UK’s foremost destinations for high quality investments coming from the most advanced and successful industries making it one of the highest performing sub-regional economies. The reason for this success is simple. The area has also outperformed the rest of the EU because of its strong portfolio of potential investment sites and commercial properties as well as incubator hubs for emerging high-growth companies which are already located here. Furthermore, the Gatwick Diamond Area is a smart regional business initiative which has an existing First Class Labour Force. There is also the Gatwick Airport situated right in the heart of the Gatwick Diamond Area, creating labour opportunities for some 31, 500 employees and an additional 10, 000 direct and indirect jobs respectively.

Apart from that, the airport also supports 300 dependent companies, of which includes over 100 major overseas multinational companies from various industries located within the Gatwick Diamond. These include global names like the Gatwick Airport, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic Airways - Air transportation, Deloitte & Touche, KPMG, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, William Mercer, American Express - Financial & professional services, Unilever, Body Shop International, Rentokil Initial, GlaxoSmithKline - Pharmaceutical, foods and medical products and many others in the hotel & leisure as well as the manufacturing, advanced engineering & telecommunications industry.

With all of the ready world-class infrastructure and the overwhelming confidence these MNCs have in Gatwick, we need not say that there will be, if not already, a steep increase in the demand for more developments in the property sector. And development begins with the purchase of prime land, does it not?

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Segment 6
 Major Investors in the Gatwick Diamond
 The Business Model
 Why Invest?
 How much to invest?

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