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When we compare the results over the past decade between stock market profits and real estate increases, we’ll see quite a dramatic difference in dollars.
In the decade from January 1960, to January 1970, the Dow Jones Industrial average jumped from 688 to 800 - an increase of 16 percent in ten years. During the same ten-year period, the average home price increased from $18,307 to $27,022 - an appreciation of 48 percent or triple the Dow. By January, 1977, the Dow Jones average jumped to the 1,000 level
84.1%