Property
investors are increasing the size of their portfolios in the UK and
elsewhere, as the appetite for alternative investments continues to
take hold, according to AAA.
Boston,
MA, USA, June 16, 2012 -- Property investors are increasing the
size of their portfolios in the UK and elsewhere, as the appetite for
alternative investments continues to take hold, according to
Alternative Asset Analysis (AAA).
The
alternative investment advocacy group has cited figures from Paragon
Mortgages, a lender in the UK, which claims that the average property
investor, who buys property to rent out, has increased the size of
their portfolio to 14.1 properties in the second quarter of the year.
This is up from an average of 12.9 properties in the first quarter of
2012.
“These
figures suggest that each buy-to-let investor has bought more than
one new property since the beginning of the year, which is a major
increase in portfolio size and an indicator that real estate is back
on the list of safe investments,” stated Anthony Johnson, AAA’s
analysis partner.
As
well as the above figures, Paragon’s survey also found that 21 per
cent of the investors questioned said they were planning to add to
their portfolios in the third quarter of the year. This was up from
just 18 per cent a year ago.
AAA
claims that real estate is a strong investment at the moment, as the
rental market all over the Western world Is extremely active, with
many young professionals still looking for rental property. The US
real estate market is also heading for recovery once more, according
to Mr Johnson who highlighted the benefits of alternative investments
of all kinds.
“We
are seeing more and more people put their cash into tangible asset
classes, such as real estate, timberland, gold and even art and
antiques, as they search for alternatives to the volatile equity
markets.”
AAA
said that timberland is particularly ethical choice for alternative
investors, with firms like Greenwood
Management, in Brazil, running sustainably managed
plantations of non-native trees.
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