Real Estate Great Investment, but Maybe not Right Now – Gallup

By Jann Swanson

Posted To: MND NewsWire

Although a press release last week about a Gallup survey showed Americans view real estate as a better long term investment than stocks, gold, savings accounts, or bonds, another report from the company indicates they are less enthusiastic about buying a home. Gallup said today that 69 percent of Americans responding to their survey said it was a good time to buy a home while 74 percent thought this in both 2013 and 2014 surveys. The current number is similar to that measured by Gallup from 2009 to 2012 and showed a more positive attitude toward buying than between 2006 when home values stopped rising and interest rates increased and 2008, after the housing bubble burst. During that period only 50 percent thought it was a good time to buy. The survey results were gathered through Gallup’s annual…(read more)

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