Saturday, April 19, 2014

We are NOT the Only Ones Saying You Should Buy

I have always believed in homeownership. That does not mean I think EVERYONE should run out and buy a house. However, if a person or family is ready, willing and able to purchase a home, I believe that owning is much better than renting. I am not the only one that thinks owning has massive benefits or that now is a sensational time to plunge into owning your own home. Here are a few others:

Benefits of Owning

Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University

“Homeowners pay debt service to pay down their own principal while households that rent pay down the principal of a landlord…Having to make a housing payment one way or the other, owning a home can overcome people’s tendency to defer savings.”

The Federal Reserve
“Renters have much lower median and mean net worth than homeowners in any survey year.”

Benefits of Buying Now

 Trulia
“Buying costs less than renting in all 100 large U.S. metros… Now, at a 30-year fixed rate of 4.5%, buying is 38% cheaper than renting nationally".

Freddie Mac
"One thing seems certain: we are not likely to see average 30-year fixed mortgage rates return to the historic lows experienced in 2012…Yes, rates are higher than they were a year ago – and certainly higher than two years ago. But if you look at the averages over the last four decades, today's rates remain historically low."

David Demangos
Keller Williams Realty
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