Is brick really a safe investment asset?

16 dic 2022

Perception and reality of real estate investment

"Featured on Expansion, the article by Raffaele Sannino, Manager of AxiA.RE, "Is Brick Really a Safe Haven Asset? Perception and Reality of Real Estate Investment."

Is "brick" really a "safe haven asset"? The answer is in the affirmative, as confirmed by the perceptions of industry players and the trend of the deflated House Price Index (HPI) compiled by Eurostat.

The role of real estate investment in the global economy is a rather divisive topic that returns cyclically whenever we are faced with a scenario of uncertainty. Practitioners question whether real estate investment actually protects against inflation. Based on the sentiment returned by the Fimaa-Confcommercio survey of the residential market in Q2 2022, real estate is confirmed as a "defensive" asset class.

This is corroborated by the trend of the deflated House Price Index (HPI), compiled by Eurostat and measuring the prices of homes being bought and sold in the "retail" market."