How can an individual investor hedge against interest rate risk?
I might buy a house in the next year. My read of the situation is that
home
prices will decline if rates increase, and the effect will be stronger in
tighter, pricier markets with little undeveloped land (like the one I
might
buy into).
Are there any ways for an individual investor to hedge against interest
rates increasing?
Yes, I know that the simplest thing for me to do would be not to buy, but
my
wife's getting impatient with renting. (Also, the risk of home values
declining isn't so bad if one intends not to move for a long time, but I
could see that we might move in five years, which normally isn't so bad,
but
wouldn't be so great if rates increased a 150--200 bp (in terms of effect
on
sales price of the home we'd buy).)
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