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Gold for house (lemmy.ca)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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wood for sheep?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

For sure, it just illustrates that as much as the market can feel fucked up, as an investment housing isn't necessarily the best. I've checked the numbers many times when I hear people talking about their parent buying a house for X$ in 19XX and it's very rare that they beat the market. It's the people that bought in 2009/2010 or right before COVID that are the real winners when it comes to real estate as an investment because they made a lot of money for the amount of time, but people who buy as an investment to hold it long term? Nah