Is Buying a Home a Good Investment?

When asked “Is Buying a Home a Good Investment” about half (49%) of the Americans surveyed in a recent Rasmussen Reports survey said yes that a home would be a good investment for their family.  Before you “glass is half empty” people say that means then the other half don’t agree, that is not accurate as only 27% percent said they felt that a home is not a good investment for a family presently while the remaining 24% just weren’t sure whether buying a home would be a good investment or not.

The survey results above are pretty consistent with the results from the same survey throughout the past two years however is down from May 2009 when 67% of Americans surveyed said that buying a home a good investment, an all-time high.

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