Buying a house was a good investment from about 1990 until about 2021...as interest rates steadily declined from close to 20% down to close to zero. As a Boomer I earned far more tax free CGs via real estate than I ever earning via taxable earned income. For the future in the wests highly indebted and financialised economies with the USD and US financial hegemony in decline investing in real estate is somewhat less of a good investment.