No, Home Prices Don’t Always Go Up

Here’s what the data actually shows.

Most investors assume home prices always go up.

And sure, if you zoom out over decades, the trend is positive.

But what happens in the short term?

Ask the people who bought at the peak of 2007.

Or the ones who assumed their property value would rise in the early ‘90s—just before a multi-year decline.

Or anyone who bought in a boom market, only to watch their…