Why invest in property?

As the owner of a property, you stand to benefit from any rise in its value when it comes to selling, from the income it can generate if you rent to tenants – and, of course, from the utility you get from living in or using it yourself .

Interestingly, the attractiveness of property ownership is partly dependent on culture. In the UK, for example, individual ownership is fetishized: “an Englishman’s home is his castle”. But in countries like France and Germany, the idea of someone not owning any real estate isn’t unusual at all.

Who are land lord?

A landlord is anyone who rents out a property they own under a lease or a licence that is shorter than seven years.

Landlords' duties apply to a wide range of accommodation, occupied under a lease or a licence, which includes but not exclusively: