> Not to mention the number of people I've talked to that said "housing always goes up, it's a great investment!". "One inflation-adjusted value index between

> Not to mention the number of people I've talked to that said "housing always goes up, it's a great investment!". "One inflation-adjusted value index between 1928 and 2012 placed the annual rate of appreciation for real estate prices at just 0.2%." [1] Overall, real estate has historically been a bad investment. That said, it does seem like there have been obvious indicators when an particular area is becoming a more desirable place to live, and when home prices are likely to go up significantly in the future. Although I imagine people have been hard at work modeling and forecasting this, and current prices will better reflect future appreciation (if this hasn't already happened). [1] http://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/052015/which-has-performed-better-historically-stock-market-or-real-estate.asp http://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/052015/which-has-per...