Foreland Asset Management

01/01/2024

Happy new year
Cheers to 2024

01/11/2023

30/10/2023

Shrub Lane, Burwash, East Sussex

Available: Coming soon

Price £875,000

A very rare opportunity to own a NEWLY BUILT BARN with far reaching VIEWS, a short distance from the centre of BURWASH village. Private Construction Company who invest themselves into the building of high-quality homes of an individual nature in the local area.
Built in a traditional barn style with oak doors, LVT oak flooring and large windows. An estimated SAP rating of A/B for EPC rating. Very spacious accommodation, well planned with plenty of storage throughout. Large entrance hall with cloakroom cupboard and a large, light and airy galleried landing. Every room has good dimensions and is planned so that there is flexibility with the bedroom accommodation. On the ground floor is a room suitable either as a double bedroom, adjacent to a shower room, or as a large study or snug sitting room. With the exception of the utility room, the remaining ground floor rooms are open plan, meeting today's requirements for kitchen, living and dining family spaces.

13/09/2023

Cade Street, Heathfield, East Sussex

Available: Coming soon

Price £1,350,000

UNIQUE and STUNNING PRIVATE LOCATION WITH SOUTH FACING VIEWS. You would not know this property was here! Tucked down a driveway and hidden behind high electric gates, the view is breath taking. TWO ACRES of landscaped gardens, sweeping down to two large ponds, a folly and woodland.

A large entertaining terrace complements this immaculate character property has vaulted ceilings, exposed light oak beams, oriel windows, solid light oak doors and floors and multiple doors to the gardens.
Retaining the lovely old brickwork from the original dwelling, then extended with care and thought to provide living accommodation to suit modern day requirements.
The driveway is extremely large and provides parking for multiple vehicles. There is a detached single garage and workshop, brick built with original leaded light windows and power laid on. The barn is designed with the main front door on the side of the house with the smaller area of garden. This has become an area with a vegetable garden with raised beds and a HOME OFFICE/STUDIO has been installed which is fully insulated with electricity connected. It is substantial and has two pairs of double doors leading out to the decked terrace around it. This area then extends to a children's play area which has a large level lawn, play equipment and Wendy house. Alongside is a tractor shed and the deep borders on this easterly side of the garden are dense with mature trees and shrubs. Abutting the back and the sides of the house is a very extensive patio ideal for entertaining. Steps lead down to the extensive lawns which meander through 'rooms' which include a Folly, an area originally with a swimming pool, now filled in with an ornamental pond, and two brick outbuildings, two lovely ponds, naturally filled, leading through to a small area of woodland. Carefully planted with specimen trees, flowering trees and shrubs and deep borders of perennials. This is a picture perfect garden with a magnificent southerly views to the coast.

13/09/2023

Spectacular grounds at our new property listing in Heathfield.

A beautiful outside shot captured at our new listing in Cade Street, Heathfield, East Sussex

TWO ACRES of landscaped gardens, sweeping down to two large ponds, a folly and woodland.

This Property is a MUST see!

For more information view at our property listing but will be available for investment from 14th September, 2023

11/09/2023

The rise of real estate investing

Our core investment philosophy here at Foreland asset management is that everyone, regardless of the size of their portfolio, can benefit from diversifying their holdings beyond the traditional asset classes of stocks, bonds, and funds.

Alternative assets represent a chance to spread risk and to capture market-beating returns at the same time, and within the alternatives universe, it is and in all likelihood will remain real estate that ticks the most boxes for investors.

Whilst it goes without saying that economic predictions need to be treated with caution, there has been a great deal of encouraging news recently for those watching the real estate asset class and trying to predict its future trajectory.

Great expectations

Since the crisis of 2008, pension funds and other institutional investors have raised their allocation to real estate by around 20%-30%, according to PGIM Real Estate.

In large part, this was driven by the need to find enhanced yield in a fixed income environment characterised by soaring bond prices and ever sinking yields. The fact that real estate as we have already explained can offer not only strong yields but also capital preservation and appreciation further boosted the asset class's appeal.

Looking ahead, the National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF), a well-respected source of data on the US real estate market, have recently published the results of their benchmark survey of asset managers. In general, research conducted by pension funds tends to be high quality and reliable, based on both the size of the research teams such funds usually have at their disposal, as well as the fact that pension funds are normally prohibited from excessive risk-taking and therefore need to be much more confident their forecasts are reliable than more speculative financial institutions.

Institutional investors are raising their allocation to real estate

A noticeable trend has been the increasing exposure to property investments sought by some of the world’s largest fund managers.

For example, the British Colombia Investment Management Corporation has substantially increased its allocation to alternative assets over the past few years, a process that has seen alternatives rise from 20% in 2015 to circa 45% today. The fund’s allocation target over the next three to five years is to raise this even further to approximately 55%, and this pattern is far from unique.

Of the 45% currently in alternatives, real estate makes up the largest single asset class at around 20%, followed by private equity and infrastructure some way behind.

This story, whereby the world’s largest institutions are first to the punch and capture the lion’s share of the gains to be had from the fact that real estate is uniquely well-positioned to succeed in the current macroeconomic climate, has been true at more or less every other significant change in market regimes.

The difference is that today, due to advances in fractional ownership technology lowering the barriers to entry into real estate investment, a vastly wider and more diverse group of investors can participate in this lucrative sector.

There has never been a better time to diversify into real estate

Real estate assets can add a huge amount to an investment portfolio currently centred on traditional assets.

Not only is diversification across asset classes a good idea from the point of view of hedging against downside risk, diversification into property can generate inflation-beating rental income, as well as offering the chance of capital appreciation in excess of that offered by indexes tracking the main public markets.

Real estate assets can therefore add stability to a growth-oriented and riskier portfolio, but could also add growth potential and the chance of capital appreciation to a more risk-averse fixed income portfolio.

As 2022 continues to provide economic surprises and the medium-term outlook for the developed markets remains uncertain, real estate assets today look as appealing as they ever have. Hence it is unsurprising to see major institutional investors allocating more and more of their capital toward property investments.

As we have always argued here at Shojin, the days when this path was closed to all but the largest investors are gone for good.

Whatever your risk tolerance – and as is often remarked, we all feel like we have a high tolerance for risk until we see the financial consequences of genuinely severe downturns in the markets – real estate can add something to your portfolio.

Whilst returns can never be predicted with any degree of certainty, what we are certain about is that the unique combination of characteristics that have always served to make real estate such an important compliment to traditional investments are just as valid today as they were in the past. If anything, the high inflationary context of today simply makes real estate an even more appropriate addition to the average individual portfolio.

10/09/2023

Uplands Court, Broad Oak, Heathfield, East Sussex

2 bedroom flats

Available: Invest now

Offers in Region of £215,000

Located in the popular village of Broad Oak, this well-presented two-bedroom flat has stunning views across to Mayfield. The flat is within a short walk of local amenities and is just 10 minutes from a mainline station. The property also benefits from a sixth share in the freehold.
The double-aspect lounge/diner is a good size and boasts a large curved window to the front of the property and has recently laid wood effect laminate flooring. The kitchen boasts far reaching views across to Mayfield and comprises a variety of storage units with white soft close doors, black worktops, a white tiled splashback, and plumbing for a washing machine. Bedroom one is a spacious double with a built-in double wardrobe, bedroom two is a small double with a built-in wardrobe and countryside views. A modern fitted bathroom with a walk-in rainfall shower, ample storage, and concealed flush WC.
Outside, the flat benefits from an outside tap, an allocated parking space, and a single garage in a purpose-built block.

03/09/2023

Ghyll Road, Heathfield, East Sussex

Available: Invest now

Offers in region of £925,000

Superbly presented Detached Arts & Crafts house set in large gardens with views across protected land and the town. Detached Double Garage with Car Port suitable for high motor home. Driveway with parking for multiple cars. Only 5 minutes walk to High Street, 15 minutes drive to main line stations. This is a really lovely and well maintained property to move straight into and enjoy. There is ample space for family living but equally, would suit those downsizing. An entrance vestibule leads into the Reception Hall with polished oak parquet flooring and original doors to the reception halls with a turned staircase rising to a galleried landing. Off the hallway is a small anti- room which has been used as a study in the past, or could be a large cloakroom before entering into the w.c., at one end of the room. The Drawing Room enjoys a double aspect with a bay window and is cosy with an open fireplace with a carved, stone surround. The Dining Room is extremely attractive with a traditional Arts & Crafts recessed fireplace with oak beams, cast iron surround and fireplace with pretty surrounding tiles and hearth. The Kitchen is very large and beautifully fitted with space for a large breakfast table and a walk-in Pantry, fully shelved with a window and cold shelf. A very well fitted kitchen with range of units, double sink, built in fridge, Gas fired double Aga, Rangemaster cooker with gas hobs, hot plate and wok hob with electric ovens below. The Utility room has all the other appliances including washing machine, dishwasher, built in fridge and freezer. Cupboard housing the gas boiler. Door to garden. Double doors lead from the kitchen into the Garden Room which is just a perfect sitting and family room with a cosy woodburning stove. Windows and doors leading out to and enjoying the view over the gardens.