Due to the circumstances in the economy given by the health crisis of Covid-19, many investors sought to focus on diversifying its capital in real estate, as many financial markets were affected by the global crisis.
As compared to other assets that are suffering the consequences of rising inflation in the country, the real estate sector is one of the assets that better tolerate the increase in prices.
What is inflation?
We can define inflation as the increase in widespread and sustained the prices of the products and services in a particular period of time. This increase causes the value of money decreases, that is to say that in comparison with what could be bought in the past with a certain amount of money, this would not be enough in a later period. This is also known as the handicap.
It is common to have heard a family member say that before with a certain amount of money they were able to acquire a large amount of assets, which today is not enough for almost nothing. Although land prices are no longer the same as it used to be in the past, still remains an option of affordable investment that provides certain benefits, such as:
- Preserve the value of the money invested without being affected by the inflation of the economy.
- To maintain the stability of prices according to the level of inflation.
Characteristics of inflation
Know the characteristics they possess the inflation allows you to identify them and be able to create financial strategies to perform movements in order to protect your money from the price rise.
Some most important features are:
- There must be a sustained increase in prices, if the prices go up once it is not considered as inflation.
- There should be a general increase in the prices of goods and services to be considered as inflation.
- The demand for products and services by the amount of money notes into circulation.
- The increase in the costs of production as a result of the increase in the price of raw materials.
- The rise in taxes, which comes from problems in the economy.