Still Buying a Home For Investment?

Research shows that from 1890 to 1996, residential real estate values increased only about 27%. I had always advised folks to treat a home as just that, not a means of growing rich. The small increase in home values would attest to that reasoning over the years.

                       

I got lots of flak in the late 1990s and early in the 21st century. That’s because, from 1996 to 2008, residential real estate values rose sharply, about 72% on average.

                       

That up-cycle has now come to a sudden demise. And I can repeat my old admonition. Buy a home to suit your budget and your family requirements.

                       

If you want to invest in real estate there are other options. For example, commercial REIT index mutual funds or ETFs.(See the Earl J. Weinreb NewsHole® comments and @BusinesNewshole at Twitter.)