Hey everyone, it's Rob B here with Rob D and you are listening to the Property Podcast.

Today is a battle, an age-old battle between good and evil.

No, not really. It's between property and shares.

Which one is good? Which one is evil? Which one is the best? Which one must you be investing in?

I think you're going to be surprised about how we tackle this subject.

It's not going to be the slam dunk that you think it is. Welcome to the Property Podcast. Thank you for

joining us. In case you don't know, we run a company that invests more than £100 million worth

in property every year on behalf of our clients. You can find out about that at property hub.net slash invest. But not everyone is keen on property. Some people swear by shares.

Are they right? Which has performed better in the past and which is going to do better if you start

investing today? We have put together our own data that I've not seen anywhere else before.

And it casts a very interesting light on things. So do stick

around. So it's time for our news story at the week. And this is a really interesting news story.

The headline explains enough, but we'll go into more detail. And the headline is, from

Zouple, buying beats renting. First time buy a mortgage repayments, 20% lower than rent across Great Britain.

Rob, that's quite a percentage. I think a lot of people just assume that property is really

expensive and that renting is more efficient to do, but that's not the case.

No, and I was really surprised by this. And obviously, it's talking about averages, they made

assumptions, and so it's going to be different

for every person. But I would have assumed that because mortgage rates have gone up so much over the

last few years, that of course, that means mortgage repayments are higher and therefore renting would be

relatively cheaper than it had been previously. But of course, rents have gone up substantially over

the last few years as well. And so I assume

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