What to Invest In During a Recession: Is Real Estate A Hedge Against Inflation?
Although we are likely in a recession currently, home prices are still appreciating making real estate a great investment including stocks that pay dividends like utility and energy stocks. The stock market is down while at the same time real estate values have continued to rise. While there have been people concerned with a housing crash, there is no evidence that a real estate market crash is inevitable, actually the opposite. The housing bubble hasn’t actually happened and homeowners have the most equity in history.