Current real estate market conditions:

Widespread wealth reduction and de-leveraging have resulted in fewer potential buyers competing for an increasing number of properties for sale.

Nevertheless, real estate is the classic long term investment.

Massive short term profits were a recent, temporary phenomenon.

Individuals flush with cash and long term vision, with progeny to protect and looking forward at least 15 years, might consider additional well-researched real estate holdings - tangible finite assets conveying historically lucrative monopolies.

A part of my job is to help locate properties suitable to your goals and tastes.