Americans Rank Real Estate Best Investment for 6 Years Running! [INFOGRAPHIC]
Some Highlights: Real estate has outranked stocks/mutual funds, gold, savings accounts/CDs, and bonds as the best long-term investment among Americans for the last 6 years. Stock owners are more positive about real estate than stocks as an investment. Of the 4 listed, real estate is the only investment you can also live...
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Every year, Gallup surveys Americans to determine their choice for the best long-term investment. Respondents are given a choice between real estate, stocks, gold, and savings accounts. For the sixth year in a row, real estate has come out on top as the best long-term investment! That has not always been the case. Gallup explains: “Between 2008 and 2010, covering most of the Great Recession period that saw plummeting home and stock values, Americans were as likely to name savings accounts or CDs as the best long-term investment as they were to name stocks or real estate.” This year’s results showed that 35% of Americans chose real estate, followed by stocks at 27%. The full results are shown in the chart below. Bottom Line Now that the real estate market has recovered, so has the belief of the American people in the stability of...
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Idaho Housing Market Snapshot – May 3, 2017
Midweek Snapshot – May 3, 2017 Whether you’re ready to start looking for your dream home or you’re thinking it might be time to sell your home, knowing what’s going on in the real estate world is definitely a good place to start! Our Idaho Housing Market infographic offers a quick summary of Active & Pending Single Family Homes in Idaho as a whole as well as city specific numbers. Check out Vol. 11: Idaho Housing Market Snapshot – May 3, 2017 Featured Property: 9200 W. Avalanche Court | Boise View Tour: http://www.tourfactory.com/idxr1716182 The midweek Idaho Market Snapshot – May 3, 2017 – includes: Boise, Meridian, Eagle, Nampa, Kuna, Caldwell, Moscow, McCall, and Twin Falls! Interested in purchasing or listing a home? Want to know what your neighborhood market is? Feel free to contact us any time! *Information is for Reference...
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Who is David Bach?
Millionaire to Millennials: Buy Now! Self-made millionaire David Bach was quoted in a CNBC article explaining that “the single biggest mistake millennials are making” is not purchasing a home because buying real estate is “an escalator to wealth.” Bach went on to explain: “If millennials don’t buy a home, their chances of actually having any wealth in this country are little to none. The average homeowner to this day is 38 times wealthier than a renter.” In his bestselling book, “The Automatic Millionaire,” Bach does the math: “As a renter, you can easily spend half a million dollars or more on rent over the years ($1,500 a month for 30 years comes to $540,000), and in the end wind up just where you started — owning nothing. Or you can buy a house and spend the same amount paying down a mortgage, and in the...
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Homeownership Builds Wealth & Offers Stability
Homeownership Builds Wealth & Offers Stability The most recent Housing Pulse Survey released by the National Association of Realtors revealed that the two major reasons Americans prefer owning their own home instead of renting are: They want the opportunity to build equity. They want a stable and safe environment. Building Equity John Taylor, CEO of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, explains that those who lack the opportunity to become homeowners have a weakened ability to reinvest their wealth: “We traditionally have been huge supporters of homeownership. We see it as a way to provide stability for households but also as an asset-building strategy. If you continue to be a renter, locked out of the homeownership arena, increasingly those things are further and further out of reach. They’re joined at the hip. They perpetuate each other.” Family Stability Does owning your home really create a more stable...
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