{"id":142,"date":"2011-09-29T16:44:01","date_gmt":"2011-09-29T16:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.anthonydidonato.net\/wordpress\/?p=142"},"modified":"2011-10-25T12:42:52","modified_gmt":"2011-10-25T12:42:52","slug":"the-benefits-of-owning-your-own-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anthonydidonato.net\/wordpress\/the-benefits-of-owning-your-own-home\/","title":{"rendered":"The Benefits of Owning Your Own Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

Benefits of Owning Your Own Home:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Best Investment<\/strong><\/p>\n

As a fairly general rule, homes appreciate about five percent a year. Some years will be more, some less. The figure will vary from neighborhood to neighborhood, and region to region.\u00a0 Five percent may not seem like that much at first. Stocks (at times) appreciate much more, and you could earn over six percent with the safest investment of all, treasury bonds.<\/p>\n

But take a second look\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Presumably, if you bought a $200,000 house, you did not pay cash for the home. You got a mortgage, too. Suppose you put as much as twenty percent down \u2013 that would be an investment of $40,000.\u00a0 At an appreciation rate of 5% annually, a $200,000 home would increase in value $10,000 during the first year. That means you earned $10,000 with an investment of $40,000. Your annual \u201creturn on investment\u201d would be a whopping twenty-five percent.\u00a0 Of course, you are making mortgage payments and paying property taxes, along with a couple of other costs. However, since the interest on your mortgage and your property taxes are both tax deductible, the government is essentially subsidizing your home purchase.\u00a0 Your rate of return when buying a home is higher than most any other investment you could make.\u00a0 If you are moving to a home for the first time, you are going to be very pleased with all the new space you have available. You may have to even buy more \u201cstuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

Income Tax Savings<\/strong><\/p>\n

Because of income tax deductions, the government is basically subsidizing your purchase of a home. All of the interest and property taxes you pay in a given year can be deducted from your gross income to reduce your taxable income.\u00a0 For example, assume your initial loan balance is $150,000 with an interest rate of eight percent. During the first year you would pay $9969.27 in interest. If your first payment is January 1st<\/sup>, your taxable income would be almost $10,000 less \u2013 due to the IRS interest rate deduction.\u00a0 Property taxes are deductible, too. Whatever property taxes you pay in a given year may also be deducted from your gross income, lowering your tax obligation.<\/p>\n

Stable Monthly Housing Costs<\/strong><\/p>\n

When you rent a place to live, you can certainly expect your rent to increase each year \u2013 or even more often. If you get a fixed rate mortgage when you buy a home, you have the same monthly payment amount for thirty years. Even if you get an adjustable rate\u00a0 mortgage, your payment will stay within a certain range for the entire life of the mortgage \u2013 and interest rates aren\u2019t as volatile now as they were in the late seventies and early eighties.\u00a0 Imagine how much rent might be ten, fifteen, or even thirty years from now? Which makes more sense?<\/p>\n

Forced Savings<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some people are just lousy at saving money, and a house is an automatic savings account. You accumulate savings in two ways. Every month, a portion of your payment goes toward the principal. Admittedly, in the early years of the mortgage, this is not much. Over time, however, it accelerates.\u00a0 Second, your home appreciates. Average appreciation on a home is approximately five percent, though it will vary from year to year, and in some years may even depreciate.. Over time, history has shown that owning a home is one of the very best financial investments.<\/p>\n

Freedom & Individualism <\/strong><\/p>\n

When you rent, you are normally limited on what you can do to improve your home. You have to get permission to make certain types of improvements. Nor does it make sense to spend thousand of dollars painting, putting in carpet, tile or window coverings when the main person who benefits is the landlord and not you.\u00a0 Since your landlord wants to keep his expenses to a minimum, he or she will probably not be spending much to improve the place, either.\u00a0 When you own a home, however, you can do pretty much whatever you want. You get the benefits of any improvements you make, plus you get to live in an environment you have created, not some faceless landlord.<\/p>\n

More Space<\/strong><\/p>\n

Both indoors and outdoors, you will probably have more space if you own your own home. Even moving to a condominium from an apartment, you are likely to find you have much more room available \u2013 your own laundry and storage area, and bigger rooms. Apartment complexes are more interested in creating the maximum number of income-producing units than they are in creating space for each of the tenants.\u00a0 If you are moving to a home for the first time, you are going to be very pleased with all the new space you have available. You may have to even buy more \u201cstuff.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Benefits of Owning Your Own Home: The Best Investment As a fairly general rule, homes appreciate about five percent a year. Some years will be more, some less. The figure will vary from neighborhood to neighborhood, and region to region.\u00a0 Five percent may not seem like that much at first. Stocks (at times) appreciate much … <\/p>\n

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