Natural Capital – the new asset class you need to know about
Liam Bailey talks to Knight Frank’s rural experts Isabel Swift and Andrew Shirley to understand a burgeoning new property asset class.
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Natural capital emerging asset class
Isabel Swift, partner rural consultancy team, delves further into natural capital, describing it as: the benefits of land and natural resources can bring to people.
Isabel explains how the metric for measuring natural capital are still in development and it is still very much an emerging asset.
Knight Frank farmland index
Andrew Shirley, head of rural research, discusses the results of the latest Knight Frank Q1 farmland index.
The average value of farmland value in England and Wales rose by a further 2% in the first three months of this year, which shows an inflation-busting performance.
Andrew talks about the demand in the market from environmentally-focused buyers, including those looking at rewilding and natural capital, under the ESG umbrella.
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