masterbear

didn't i mentioned the real estate stat is based on population explosion of the baby boomers? you  ...
Ovaltine 發表於 2011-1-29 22:29

OK! U are absolutely right then! Good luck on your stock and hope u will face a good landlord rest of your life then!

Ovaltine

Of course I know. But to compare to put money in stock market vs real estate, both for a 10 year te ...
FiChai 發表於 2011-1-29 22:35

i know what u mean, this is also the chinese saying "without money, you still have a shelter" another one of those saying embedded into our culture.  its like advertisement for the real estate developers. how many houses do you really need for your family? one.

peter236

didn't i mentioned the real estate stat is based on population explosion of the baby boomers? you  ...
Ovaltine 發表於 2011-1-29 22:29

What stocks you invest in that give you at least 6% return?
When your family members have so many properties, of course you don't have to worry about buying a property yourself.

Look4chrisng

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auyatyat 發表於 2011-1-29 02:45

Her boyfriend is very good. Should grab him as husband asap.  It is hard to find man like him in these day and age.

Don't listen to people who say real estate is a sure thing.  Just look at USA, it is down for 20-30%.  And people are losing their home left and right. No one knows where the market will go.  You have to sort it out yourself for your own situation.

If you decided to buy, remember to add room in your budget for interest rate to increase.  And make sure you know how your budget works inside and out, and be able to hold onto your home when rate at 6-7%.

FiChai

Based on stat (not me), invest in real estate for a 10 YEAR TERM (NOT 1 or 2 YEAR SHORT TERM) is ALMOST a gain. And no matter people invest in real estate or stock, nobody can tell the future anyways.
Not only Chinese would buy real estate for investment, but also many Caucasians would do. I have no stat of which race group have more investments though. Actually I think it's not a must to buy your own home to live in, it's really not a problem for renting a house/suite for the whole life. But when it comes to "long term investment", I think real estate is a relatively safe play.

sheep

回復  peter236


    AAPL

Bought at $25 a share in 98,  now at $335 !

Too bad I bought too few. ...
fy789 發表於 2011-1-30 10:26

sold?
How much you paid for tax?

tsumorichisato

投資房地產都好多類，landlord 係唔容易做，話每年得既回報好似唔係多，但係如果你d 地值錢， 十年前買落就算間屋勁殘都升左成最少一倍有多啦，當然我自己就對condo 市場既信心係唔大就真既，但要住就要買架啦，租樓好似無包袱，但做遊牧民族我自己就唔enjoy

auyatyat

回復 28# tsumorichisato

安居樂業...
對我o黎講要做o野做得好,生活得開心,好大情度係在乎有無穩定居所...
租屋住o既話,好快一個月要交租,好快又話完租約,一陣屋主 又話要賣屋,自己無乜控制權

tofu

kids just expect too much, if you check the mls, you can still find some apartments in surrey, delta or ....  around $100000.  yes, these apartments are old, not close to skytrain/downtown, small size, and not much room to grow in value.  But these are what you can afford.  
buying a house or not is just a personal choice, no guarantee in return.  asked those people who brought a house around '96/'97, they can tell you their investment were just break even recently.