In U.S., Real Estate Still Leads Stocks as Best Investment


In U.S., Real Estate Still Leads Stocks as Best Investment


  • 35% say real estate is best long-term investment option; 27% say stocks
  • Perceptions of best investment have shifted in response to performance
  • Stock ownership still well below the pre-recession levels

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Stocks have had a strong 2019, with the major U.S. stock indices establishing or nearing record highs in April and early May. Still, more Americans continue to believe real estate (35%) is a superior long-term investment to stocks (27%) or other investment options.

The April 1-9 Gallup poll was conducted amid the ongoing bull stock market, but before the recent stock index records. In recent years, the real estate market has also been hot, with home values in 2018 the highest on record, and Americans expect home prices to continue to rise...

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RSK: As long as there are tax incentives, real estate will beat out most other long term investments...or until they create more land....sky rights anyone?

Ken Notes: We would still like to create a newsletter for potential real estate investors. Think about all the stuff the average person gets on bank and market investments yet little is aggregated on commercial investments, reits, and property investments.

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