Land for Sale in Surrey

Why Invest in Surrey?
　
Surrey is another large and very prosperous city located in the United Kingdom. Surrey has massive rural regions and although much of the land is classified as greenbelts much of the land has immense natural beauty. Surrey has many historic points of interest , natural beauty spots such as Box Hill, Leith Hill and Frensham Ponds and many famous corporation headquarters are located in Surrey such as Toshiba and Samsung. It also borders Greater London so as London expands the land in and around Surrey will become more and more valuable for any potential investor. The economy is serviced based and very closely linked to London, it is extremely affluent and has the highest number of millionaires and the highest GDP per capita in the entire UK. Many financial businesses are located in Surrey and its population have an average salary higher than in anywhere in the UK. Tourism is also very big in Surrey and was voted the top ten best places to live in a popular survey in 2007. Surrey has been mentioned in numerous world famous books including Harry Potter and The War of the Worlds. Many celebrities live in Surrey such as Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Mick Hucknall, Brian May Michael Caine and Judi Dench. Making it very popular for fans to visit.

The population of surrey has increased in the last few years by 14% an increase of over 43,000 since 2001 and is going to be much higher in the coming years. As has immigration, around 12%had a different address when surveyed compared to the previous year, Guildford and Runnymede has the highest number of immigrates at 16%. In the last 20 years the population of people over 65 has increased by 4.4% and is expected to increase further.
　
The Housing Market in Surrey
　
Along with London Surrey’s housing market has began to increase as the global recession starts to recover. The proximity to London make property ion surrey very popular, it has excellent links to Heathrow and Gatwick airports, the M25 also passes through Surrey and links to the main motorway network. Surrey has an excellent school record, many large beautiful houses and acres of beautiful countryside, woodlands and dense lush forests. Surrey also has the lowest crime rate than any county in the UK. There are many sporting activities available including Cricket, horse racing, golf and tennis. The house prices are the second highest in the country, only behind London. The average cost of housing in surrey is approximately £278,620, a semi detached property has the average price of £241,262, terraced £204,195 and flats ataround£170,603. Overall the house prices have increased by 13% in the last 12 months.