[bombcar]

Housing should be an investment; you should be encouraged to invest in where you live and improve both your property and the area around you.

It should not be a good investment - it should, over time, boil down to below inflation once you take maintenance and taxes into consideration.

[em-bee]

housing should be an investment the same way that planting trees is an investment. it should not be a financial tool to make you money by selling it.