Peter,

Having just watched your video blog - I am in full agreement with your statement (that people) "are fed up with having money stuck in a bank account or building society and not doing anything".

Apart from the fact that interest rates / savings rates are low - real estate offers the potential of total returns, namely, rental income plus capital growth if you are an investor.

Savings accounts can only ever offer income or capital growth - not both. Whilst some stocks may offer you total returns - dividends plus capital growth potential - the downside is that you do not control/manage the asset, so dividends can be cut or reduced at any time.

With low interest/savings rates and the potential of both capital growth and income from real estate (with you being the fund manager as such) - real estate makes a compelling investment choice at this time.

Kind Regards,

Grant Nicholls
Director
Monument London Realty Ltd
"The London Home Search & Relocation Specialist"
Website @ www.london-realty.co.uk

I agree with Grant that it's better the devil you know form of investing. Some Hedge Funds have proved to be scams, equities have gone to zero (Lehman etc) and bonds have dumped in value and some defaulted. While property may suffer the uncertainties of the market they provide valuable services namely; shelter, lifestyle, freedom from landlords and a place to entertain. These qualities have an implicit value though not with a number attached. Couple this with a natural inflation link and a yield and the investment looks compelling. Now that deposit rates are zero, people will, indeed return to the buying mode.

You can also predict the movement of house prices on www.cityodds.com - Derivatives on house prices are new but growing fast - this adds another element to the mix!

Mike

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I agree that the property market is now going steady and slowly regaining the momentum. Hoping for this to continue to the coming months especially when it comes to the problems in stocks.

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You're right. London might be bouncing back but I'm not really sure if people are already fed up on keeping their money on the bank.

I hope people will soon be motivated to invest rather than keep their money stagnant on the bank.