In recent decades, house prices have become a national obsession. Other countries across Europe seem to lack this constant focus on how much house prices have changed in the last month, quarter or year. However, in the UK the love of rising house prices looks set to stay in the long run. The reason for this is a continued imbalance between demand and supply. Put simply, there are not enough houses built each year to satisfy demand, so prices continue to rise. Therefore, buying a house or investing in companies which build them has proven to be a sound investment strategy in the past and is likely to continue to be so in the long run. This year, though, looks set to be the exception. The Brexit effect on business confidence, inflation, and consumer confidence is yet to come in my view. As such, house prices could fail to march upwards this year, which I think makes now a good time to buy house builder Taylor Wimpey (LON:TW). | |
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