Did your land or property investment beat inflation? Enter the purchase price, year bought, and current value to find out.
| Method | Formula | Accounts for Compounding? |
Overstates Growth? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Average (Gain ÷ Years) ÷ Cost |
— | ✗ No | ✗ Yes |
| CAGR (End ÷ Start)^(1/n) − 1 |
— | ✓ Yes | ✓ No |
| ✅ Good Investment | CAGR is more than 1% above inflation — you are meaningfully growing purchasing power. |
| ⚠️ Average Investment | CAGR is within ±1% of inflation — roughly keeping pace with rising prices, but not growing real value. |
| ❌ Bad Investment | CAGR is more than 1% below inflation — your purchasing power is shrinking. |