Real Estate Isn’t as Safe From Inflation as You Think

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4.8 • 859 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Inflation is rising again, and everywhere on social media, we’re hearing people say, “Buy real estate!” Property is supposed to be the ultimate inflation hedge. The problem? Real estate may not save you from the inflation heading our way. In fact, home prices could get worse if things continue this way. But how? For decades, we’ve been told that real estate is the ultimate inflation hedge. It’s tracked rising prices very well and has been one of the most championed “safe” assets to buy. But do real estate prices always follow the path of inflation? What happens if consumer prices rise but renters are paid less, a recession hits, nobody can pay their bills, you can’t pay your mortgage, and home prices fall? This is a reality that real estate gurus tend not to think through—the other side of inflation. Today, we’re getting into it. Which inflation benefits real estate prices the most? Which of the four possible inflation scenarios could unfold as the world tilts toward uncertainty, and which assets protect your wealth regardless of the inflation rate? In This Episode We Cover Is real estate really a good hedge against inflation? Most people assume incorrectly The two types of inflation and how they (oppositely) affect real estate prices Four future scenarios we could see if inflation rises, falls, or stays the same What’s causing rising inflation right now? An April 2026 inflation update The four ways real estate will benefit during a traditionally high-inflation period And So Much More! Links from the Show ⁠⁠Join the Future of Real Estate Investing with Fundrise⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Join BiggerPockets for FREE⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Join us at the BiggerPockets Conference October 2-4 in Orlando. Buy tickets⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Sign Up for the On the Market Newsletter⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Find Investor-Friendly Lenders⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Dave's BiggerPockets Profile⁠⁠ Center for American Progress: Trump Administration Tariffs Could Result in 450,000 Fewer New Homes Through 2030 Check out more resources from this show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BiggerPockets.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/on-the-market-413 . Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠advertise@biggerpockets.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Is real estate actually a good hedge against inflation?
0:04.7	That has long been the logic that holding physical assets like real estate can help
0:10.3	protect against inflation.
0:12.5	But is this actually true?
0:15.5	Are all inflationary periods the same?
0:18.7	And does real estate always react the same way? This is a really
0:23.8	important question right now, and one I've personally been spending a lot of time on, because even
0:29.9	though inflation is far better than it was in 2021, 2021, and so on, inflation risk remains
0:37.4	stubbornly present in our economy.
0:39.9	From tariffs to the conflict in Iran to the rising national debt, there are reasons to
0:45.6	want to protect yourself against future inflation.
0:49.2	The question is, is real estate that protection that you need?
0:54.0	Some would immediately say yes to that question,
0:56.7	and there is some truth to that.
0:58.7	But there is actually a lot more nuance to it.
1:01.9	It is not as simple as saying real estate is a great inflation hedge.
1:06.0	You can protect yourself and your portfolio against inflation using real estate. But you need to listen to this
1:13.7	episode to know exactly how to do it.
1:21.2	Hey everyone, I'm Dave Meyer, chief investment officer at Bicker Pockets. Welcome to On the Market.
1:27.0	Today on the show, we're digging
1:28.4	into a topic we haven't touched on much recently. We've talked about it a lot in recent years,
1:32.9	but it's been a while since we touched on inflation. We haven't been talking about it because
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