Investments: 5 things you should know

Here are five more facts comparing the returns from property investment and the stock market.

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If you had invested £75 per week into the world stock market fund through your pension in 1987, you’d have over £1m today. 2

Since 1987, the UK house price index has risen 741% whereas the world stock market has risen 1,781%

Property is a fixed income investment, which means the value of the property will always move in the opposite direction to interest rates.

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Landlords have to pay an additional 8% Capital Gains Tax on second properties.

5

You can buy the world equity fund in tax-free accounts such as an ISA and/or pension.

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