Noise vs. Numbers 🤔

[Stevan Stojakovic]

Noise vs. Numbers 🤔

The headlines are always predicting the next U.S. real estate crash. Panic sells, but the 30-year numbers sell reality.

Look at the macro trajectory over the last three decades:

1995 Median Price: ~$114,600
2025 Median Price: ~$407,000

According to FHFA data, U.S. real estate values surged by roughly 290% across those 30 years.

That means through the dot-com bust, the 2008 subprime crisis, and a global pandemic, long-term real estate equity nearly quadrupled. Even in 2009, the worst year of the financial crisis, national values only dropped about 8.6% before recovering to create new historic highs.

The market has pullbacks. It always will.

But wealth isn't built by timing the absolute bottom of a cycle. It's built by time in the market, insulated by a debt structure that can comfortably outlast short-term volatility.

The data proves the long game favors the asset class. You just need the right leverage to stay in the game.

Let me know your thoughts..

[Drew Sygit]

Yes, real estate is typically a long-term play - even more so than stocks & bonds, as real estate is "illiquid".

But, even if you hold the WRONG property for 30+ years, you may not make money.