Robert J. Shiller - Housing traditionally is n...

Housing traditionally is not viewed as a great investment. It takes maintenance; it depreciates. It goes out of style. All of those are problems. And there's technical progress in housing. So, new ones are better. So, why was it considered an investment? That was a fad.

Robert J. Shiller

American Economist

Born: Mar 29, 1946

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