Property is easier in a sense it’s less time consuming and less emotionally stressed to managed your return. You also didn’t take into consideration of bond price and default risk.
I read a paper before, bb to b class bond had a 5-7% default rate. Probably lower for bb+, I personally won’t want to risk any of my funds. As you talking most minimum buy in are 200k.
I think it’s nice to get at least one house as your residents, take out the emotional stress for you to work on your self to make more money. At the end of the day, if you fucked up, you still got a house you can stay in.
龜根尻底2020-02-16 17:23:58
very true, but the underlying idea is, how much we can guarantee the property price can continue the same trend as the past 30 years.
bb+ default rate can be less than 3%, so from a risk perspective, if there is > 97% certainty that property price can trend up 4 times in 30 years ahead, buying apartment is definitely not a bad decision. But these are all assumptions, i am still struggling if i should risk my money putting here for 30yrs if maximum gain from HK real estate market is only double with considerable downside risk. If i have unlimited capital, of course i can buy one as one of my investments. However I was arguing was it worth to buy it NOW given the opportunity cost of buying apartment is significant. But thanks for your reply