Data has shown that the split of buy-to-let investment between men and women is more evenly split than any other form of investment.
Analysis of the official Government figures shows that women make up 46 per cent of buy-to-let investors or 1.1 million landlords out of the UK’s 2.4 million in the property sector.
This would mean that if you split the income from rental properties using these figures women’s contribution would equate to around £13.8 billion of the total £32.3 billion in rental income in the UK.
When compared to other forms of investment, such as pensions, the gap between male and females is much larger, with women receiving just 37 per cent of the UK’s pension income.
Research into the different investment strategies favoured by men and women tend to suggest that women have less of an appetite for speculative investments than men, according to Ludlowthompson, who have reviewed the figures.
“Whilst a lot of men get entranced by get-rich-quick investments like cryptocurrencies, women are said to be much more grounded and prefer lower risk investments like real estate,” says Agency Chief Stephen Ludlow.
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