Recession Proof Property Investments

December 8, 2025

With more than 33 years of experience in property investment, development and management, we take a calm and transparent approach when guiding investors. We never lean on the scary R word (recession) to drive sales. Scaremongering and sensationalism have no place in the service we provide. Instead, we focus on explaining why our secured income care investments continue to perform in all market conditions and why they are built to remain stable through any economic cycle.

Why Our Care Investments Stay Strong During Market Downturns

Our model is simple, fully transparent and designed around long term security. We provide 100 percent freehold care properties with a secured income for 20 years. Income rises in line with inflation using the same index as the civil service pension scheme. This structure means your rental income does not erode over time. It increases in line with the cost of living, compounded, which protects both your capital and your income.

To highlight how important this protection is, consider how much the pound has changed in value over time. In the last 20 years the pound has lost roughly 40 to 45 percent of its purchasing power due to inflation. In simple terms, something that cost £1 in the early 2000s now costs around £1.70 or more. Without inflation linked rises, income loses real value every year and investors gradually earn less in practical terms even if the number printed on a statement stays the same.

Inflation linked income prevents this erosion and allows your investment to grow in real terms instead of falling behind the cost of living.

A Choice of 10 Percent or 12 Percent NET Yield

Our developments offer either a 10 percent or 12 percent NET yield from a fully managed care property investment. Investors receive a stable, predictable income without operational involvement because every site is built, developed and managed by our in house teams.

No Outgoings and Full Protection of Your Asset

One of the strongest features of these investments is the extremely low level of outgoings for the investor. The only cost you cover is the standard bricks and mortar building insurance each year. Everything else is handled by the care provider. All contents, fixtures, fittings and internal repairs are their responsibility throughout the full term.

Your property is protected and maintained for 20 years. At the end of the lease the property is returned to you in the same condition as it was when first handed over. This makes the investment genuinely passive and preserves the value of your asset.

Why These Investments Are Some of the Most Secure in the Market

Care provision for vulnerable children is a government statute. Local authorities must provide regulated care, which creates reliable demand regardless of wider economic conditions. This is very different from many social housing or supported accommodation investments that are not statutory and can lose funding with little or no warning. When funding stops, payment usually stops as well.

This statutory requirement is one of the core reasons our investments remain secure even when other sectors face instability.

Built on Transparency and Long Term Trust

For more than three decades we have focused on high yield, high security property investments with no gimmicks and no hidden conditions. We are the direct vendor of all our children’s care properties and we pride ourselves on clarity, service quality and responsible development.

If you would like to explore our current properties, you can view our care investment opportunities here:
https://www.footforwardproperties.co.uk/care-homes-for-sale/