UK Consumer Protection Group
http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/watch_out/scams/landbanking/

FSA
http://www.fsa.gov.uk/pages/Library/Communication/Statements/2007/land_banking.shtml

UK Government News
http://nds.coi.gov.uk/environment/fullDetail.asp?ReleaseID=295797&NewsAreaID=2&NavigatedFromDepartment=True

UK Guardian - Top 10 Scams.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2008/aug/23/scamsandfraud.consumeraffairs1

UK Times - 10 worst property investments ever.
http://timesbusiness.typepad.com/money_weblog/2008/06/post.html

UK Observer.
http://www.moneyobserver.com/content/sod%E2%80%99s-law-comes-little-too-late

Real people losing money.
http://www.getwokingham.co.uk/news/s/2035797_finch_land_investment_casualties_stack_up

Even Singapores own Mr Tan Kin Lian.
http://tankinlian.blogspot.com/search?q=land+banking

And a quote on the use of Government quotes.

http://www.cpre.org.uk/filegrab/2the-great-landbanking-carve-up.pdf?ref=2672

“A common feature of nearly all landbanking company websites is an array of quotes from media news stories and the Government, stating that there is a shortage of housing, that household numbers are growing fast, and that more greenfield land will be used for housing in the future. Well known – or once well known – television personalities have been used to talk up the benefits of landbanking”

Please post your sources or we will suspect you work for Jardine Smith. Do you ? Question. If the Land was zoned for building why would they sell it to you in small plots in Singapore ? With the exception of occasional compulsory purchase for roads etc the process by which land gets approved for building use by the UK Government is called planning permission. Land zoned as green belt or agricultural is very cheap because it rarely gets permission.

You can easily check with the local council in the UK on the status of Land and any prospective purchaser should do that before signing anything. If you would care to post details on the land plot you say you purchased I’d be happy to try and check it out for you from the UK and provide the relevant UK council to contact.

For your info, in case your friends didnt gv u the full pic.. the 4 times returns are residential land valuation fr the UK govt. Not figs cooked up by JSI.

I guess any savvy investor would noe that in any form of investment there’re bound to be risk and its unavoidable. That’s why its impt to noe hw the risk is being mitigated (for instance studying the location of the land carefully and noe what are the govt plans involved).

I ran thru the property scam website and had laugh at it. Its so amateurish and a lot of the comments are biased and unfounded. In fact i trust info fr the govt when it comes to land invstmt ..period.

So for any potential land investor out there.. do your homework. study the location, noe its potential, noe what u are in for.

Recently, I was asked to attend one of Jardin Smith’s seminar. At first after reading all the comments from the various posts a few weeks back, i was a little hesitant. But i decided to keep an open mind when i went. After hearing the presentations by the staff, i feel that some of the comments are very unjustified and prejudiced against JSI.

I would suggest that if you are really interested in investments, you should do your homework and not just limit your mind to the negative comments that are posted on the websites. And unlike what Johnny said, they arent that hard selling. My experience was quite pleasant, in fact, i was impressed with their excellence.

After doing some other relevant checks for myself, i decided to buy a small plot from them. The staff also showed me some of the plans the UK govt has for the land that i am purchasing. It is reasonable, feasible and profitable to invest.

However, land investments, like any other investments, require you to do your checks and homework! So before u have the herd mentality and criticize with others, it would be highly beneficial to yourself to check the accurate details from authorized websites.

I recently attended a hotel exhibition by Jardin Smith in Singapore. The whole investment sounds like a good deal to me. But of course, before parting with my money, i did my due diligence and
found out that FSA only regulates companies that are operating in UK. very much like our MAS. I read in our local press that companies like Jardin Smith are not required to be regulated by MAS in Singapore. I checked on the title deed on the UK Government website and ownership is 100% authentic. I suggest you do your checks

And oh, if you’re a true investor, i wouldn’t suggest that you count on propertyscam.org.uk to assist you in your decision making. Very few unbiased and objective comments i found there. Realised that most of the comments there are speculations and without concrete backings. Better check it with the company yourself. Good luck.

And this is a very young and inexperienced company compared to ones such as walton.

Have you done due diligence before parting with your money?
go to http://www.propertyscam.org.uk
Happy researching!

Thank you for your clarification.

CPF monies cannot be used for this kind of investments as they are not regulated by MAS.

The capital is also never protected.