Tag: home equity

Smiling old retirees in hat and casual clothes among green bushes and blue sky

Best way to look forward is to look back. A reporter recently asked me what retirement will look like in 50 years.  At first, I froze.  What insightful comments could I make about retirement communities on Mars?  But once I took a breath, the notion of looking back 50 years and then the 50 years…

Couple taking photo at painted ladies san francisco with shiba inu on leash

The house serves as a major savings mechanism as well as a source of shelter and security. Somebody breezed into my office last week convinced that people are making a serious mistake by investing their money in a house.  She pointed to the low long-run return on the Case-Shiller house price index and concluded that…