Tuesday, November 10, 2015

U.S. News: Four Things to Know About Real Estate Investments

By SIMON CONSTABLE
If you own your home, should you buy real estate securities? It's a reasonable question because for many people, their home is a large portion of their overall wealth. 
A family with $500,000 in savings, including stocks and bonds, and a home valued at $300,000 would seem to be heavily invested in real estate. But that's probably not the best way to look at things – although your home may act as a store of wealth, history has shown it likely won't do much better than keep up with inflation. It probably won't beat the returns you'd get from the stock market. 
Here's why and how at least some real estate securities have a place in your investment portfolio.
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