http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7454107.stm
While the stock market and housing market have both seen big falls in recent months, new investors have begun to look at farmland as a new destination for their money.
The value of farmland has been rising at rates which make the residential market gains of the last decade look pedestrian.
According to research from land agents Savills, the average value of prime arable land in the East of England has risen 26% in the past three months.
There you have it folks, the next big thing. Buy a farm (or two).
While the stock market and housing market have both seen big falls in recent months, new investors have begun to look at farmland as a new destination for their money.
The value of farmland has been rising at rates which make the residential market gains of the last decade look pedestrian.
According to research from land agents Savills, the average value of prime arable land in the East of England has risen 26% in the past three months.
There you have it folks, the next big thing. Buy a farm (or two).
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