These are examples of what can be achieved in what is considered by many to be a low risk investment area. We can purchase in different areas and different types of property to weight the portfolio towards income or capital growth depending on your requirements.
Residential property delivers better long-term value growth than any other investment asset. On a total return basis, it has been the best performing investment asset over most time-frames in the past thirty years (chart 2), and residential also offers better returns for less risk (chart 3).