78.9% of the Time… Property Values Went Up

Real estate may not shoot for the moon—but it rarely crashes to earth.

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Specifically: appreciation.

Looking at 133 years of home price history in the U.S., here’s what we find:

• Property values increased 78.9% of the time

• They declined only 21.1% of the time

• Average annual appreciation was about 3.61%

• Median: 3.33%, CAGR: 3.37%

In other words… appreciation is slow and steady.

But what makes it powerful isn’t …