Capital Growth and Rental Return In Property Investment

Knowing property investment each asset is unique and has different risk-return profile. Capital growth or rental return should be referrer in property investment? When discussing property investment there are two somewhat conflicting philosophies. Some suggest you should invest in property for high rental return while others feel you should invest for capital growth (the increase in value of the property).

We would all like to buy property that have both great capital growth and a high rental yield. Fortunately this is currently what is being experienced in the North East of England at this present time, Asia country like Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea and Malaysia.

Many new and experienced investors invest purely based on rental yield (the rental income generated over a year expressed as a percentage of the purchase price of the property). In general strong capital growth usually goes hand in hand with a lower rental yield. Read more »

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