IS IT TIME TO BUY OR SELL REAL ESTATE? Is this the time to buy or sell real estate investments? Lots of things are soaring. Bitcoin has more than tripled this year and looks like it is begging for a correction – unless you believe the recent massive bull run has been justified and supported by real growth in business fundamentals. The stock market too. So, is it also time to sell real estate too, or should investors be buying more of it?
The State of the Housing Market There are some very clear and perhaps permanent trends happening in some commercial real estate sectors. However, when it comes to housing there is an interesting balance of both distress and an incredible surge in prices. We may have never seen such a market that is so well balanced between motivated sellers and motivated buyers before. There is little certainty on exactly how the housing market will fluctuate over the next 12 to 48 months. Yet there is clearly a lot of money to be made in both long term hold for cash flow and wealth building. And these investments provide far more downside protection than other asset classes, in addition to potential quick short term gains.