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Houses and land don't really appreciate unless there's some factor constraining supply in the face of stable high demand for example waterfront property within
by throwaway0a5e 6y ago
Houses and land don't really appreciate unless there's some factor constraining supply in the face of stable high demand for example waterfront property within reasonable distance of major cities, land in a city that's full of morons who vote for regressive policies that limit development, the land has an industrial facility on it that couldn't be built today but is grandfathered in, etc. etc.
Also, housing is highly inflated right now. By buying you're buying into a bubble and betting that the inflation will outrun the pop.
- heleninboodler 6y agoI think it's less "things that appreciate" than "things you buy at today's prices and pay for over the next 30 years" that makes real estate attractive when there's inflation.
- prepend 6y agoThey do during inflation. Inflation is just dollars being worth less so any asset with value (typically ones that appreciate) will increase roughly in track with inflation. So the value stays the same but the number of dollars go up. This is separate from housing prices being higher and in a bubble, etx