[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$f39zija2p90sr0":3,"$ffeh0925h8cuz":43,"$fbwk2pqjjqsc7":47},{"item":4,"previous":31,"next":37},{"id":5,"slug":6,"title":7,"description":8,"excerpt":9,"contentType":10,"featuredImage":11,"bannerImage":9,"body":12,"agentsBottomLine":13,"bodyImage":14,"isInfographic":15,"categories":16,"isVideo":15,"videoThumbnail":9,"videoSource":9,"publishedAt":29,"updatedAt":30},876,"americans-still-believe-real-estate-is-best-long-term-investment","Americans Still Believe Real Estate is Best Long-Term Investment","According to \u003Cem>Bankrate\u003C\u002Fem>’s latest \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.bankrate.com\u002Finvesting\u002Ffinancial-security-0717\u002F\">\u003Cem>Financial Security Index Poll\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cem>,\u003C\u002Fem> Americans who have money to set aside for the next 10 years would rather invest in real estate than any other type of investment.\r\n\r\n\u003Cem>Bankrate\u003C\u002Fem> asked Americans to answer the following question:\r\n\u003Cblockquote>\u003Cem>“What is the best way to invest money you wouldn’t need for 10 years or more?” \u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\r\n","","blog","https:\u002F\u002Fsimplifyingmedia\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F07\u002F25170800\u002F20170727-STM-Share.jpg","According to \u003Cem>Bankrate\u003C\u002Fem>’s latest \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.bankrate.com\u002Finvesting\u002Ffinancial-security-0717\u002F\">\u003Cem>Financial Security Index Poll\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cem>,\u003C\u002Fem> Americans who have money to set aside for the next 10 years would rather invest in real estate than any other type of investment.\r\n\r\n\u003Cem>Bankrate\u003C\u002Fem> asked Americans to answer the following question:\r\n\u003Cblockquote>\u003Cem>“What is the best way to invest money you wouldn’t need for 10 years or more?” \u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\r\n\u003C!--more-->\r\n\r\nReal Estate came in as the top choice with 28% of all respondents (3% higher than last year), while cash investments - such as savings accounts and CD’s - came in second with 23% (the same as last year). The chart below shows the full results:\r\n\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F07\u002F20170727-Investment-STM-ENG.jpg\">\u003Cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-35954\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F07\u002F20170727-Investment-STM-ENG.jpg\" alt=\"Best Investment | Simplifying The Market\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>\r\n\r\nThe article points out several reasons for these results:\r\n\u003Cblockquote>\u003Cem>“After bottoming out at the end of 2011 following the worst housing collapse in generations, home prices have gone gangbusters recently, climbing back above their record pre-crisis levels. Prices jumped 6.6 percent during the 12 months that ended in May, according to CoreLogic.\u003C\u002Fem>\r\n\r\n\u003Cem>Toss in persistently low interest rates, tax goodies that come with owning a mortgage, and the psychological payoff from planting your roots, and maybe it’s no wonder real estate remains popular.”\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\r\nThe article also revealed that:\r\n\u003Cblockquote>\u003Cem>“Bankrate’s \u003Cstrong>Financial Security Index\u003C\u002Fstrong> — based on survey questions about how people feel about their debt, savings, net worth, job security and overall financial situation — has hit its third-highest level since the poll’s inception in December 2010.”\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\r\n\u003Ch3>\u003Cstrong>Bottom Line\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\r\nWe have often written about the financial and non-financial reasons homeownership makes sense. 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