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Your Best Investment Bet: Real Estate

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When it comes to selecting a longer-term investment, experts have long praised real estate as a solid choice for stability and returns. Once considered an alternative strategy, real estate has moved into the mainstream, garnering praise from economists, builders, owners, developers and investors around the globe.

Compared to other investment choices, release estate has emerged as the top pick by Americans for the last two years. According to this Gallup poll, 35 percent of Americans point to real estate as the best bet, while only 22 percent choose stocks and mutual funds, 17 percent opt for gold, 15 percent decide on savings bonds and CDs, and 7 percent select bonds.

The Appeal of Real Estate

The housing market has demonstrated enough growth to regain investor confidence in the wake of the recession, Gallup reports. Turned off by the volatility of the stock market and the drop in gold values, investors and buyers have once again flocked to real estate, according to the research firm.

The widespread support of real estate investments is buoyed by several factors:

  • a variety of choice (there is an array of new and existing product)

  • ease of obtaining a mortgage loan (banks are once again happy to lend)

  • low interest rates

  • the satisfaction of owning a tangible asset

Then there’s the economic benefit:  When compared to most other investment options, real estate shines, bringing in the results that investors need to establish or round out their portfolios. For example, Gallup reports that the average price of a new home in the U.S. rose to $348,900 in February 2016 from $259,300 in August 2011. If you own a home in Houston, the story gets even better. According to experts, real estate in Houston is the best of the best—with prime value years still ahead. This is because there are still not enough new and existing homes to meet the demand – a reality that drives up values and places a premium on homes situated in coveted locations, such as Houston’s Inner Loop.

Everyone Is Welcome

From first-time buyers to seasoned investors, real estate offers something for everyone. Visit any metro, and you’ll see a flurry of housing development activity. From new condominiums to new single-family homes, developers around the nation are working to keep up with a strong demand across all price points. Nowhere is this more true than in Houston, where Surge Homes® is developing homes on nine sites that range from micro condos (tiny homes under 500 square feet) to sweeping single-family homes. The desire to build high-end homes for a range of clientele—millennials, families, empty nesters—has long been the focus of Surge Homes. Judging from the red-hot sales of two of its developments, Parc at Midtown and Upper Richton, Surge Homes is giving new buyers the amenities, floorplans and locations they want.

Visit Surge Homes online to set up a convenient appointment and learn more about our condominiums, townhomes, Sky Townhomes™ and single-family homes.