Americans Rank Real Estate Best Investment for 6 Years Running
Like stocks, home values dropped dramatically during the recession but, have rebounded and are worth more now than before The Great Recession. Americans who do not own either – stocks or real property – are more inclined to see real estate (31%) as a better investment than stocks (18%), while 23% choose savings accounts or CDs.
Here’s how Americans rank investments (not just those listed above who do not own real property or stocks):
***Graphic provided by KCM (Keeping Current Matters)
Additional Highlights:
- Even with the major U.S. stock indices establishing or nearing record highs in 2019, real estate remains the investment of choice.
- Real estate has outranked stocks/mutual funds, gold, savings accounts/CDs, and bonds as the best long-term investment among Americans for 6 years running.
- Perceptions have shifted – stock investors continue to be more positive about real estate than stocks as an investment.
- Stock ownership is steady but, still has not returned to the number of Americans who were invested in the stock market pre-recession.
- Of the 4 listed, real estate is the only investment you can also live in!
- And, as Warren Buffet once said, “Never pay another man’s mortgage.“
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© Debe Maxwell | The Maxwell House Group | RE/MAX Executive | CharlotteBroker@icloud.com | Americans Rank Real Estate Best Investment for 6 Years Running
