Buy A Home – 5 Becauses

Buying a home makes sense because:

• It's a vehicle for saving money.

  Since many people have trouble saving and have to make a housing payment one way or the other, owning a home can overcome people’s tendency to defer savings to another day.

• It's leveraged.

  Few households are interested in borrowing money to buy stocks and bonds and few lenders are willing to lend them the money. As a result, homeownership allows households to amplify any appreciation on the value of their homes by a leverage factor. Even a hefty 20 percent down payment results in a leverage factor of five so that every percentage point rise in the value of the home is a 5 percent return on their equity. With many buyers putting 10 percent or less down, their leverage factor is 10 or more.

• There are substantial tax benefits.

  Homeowners are able to deduct mortgage interest and property taxes from income…On top of all this, capital gains up to $250,000 are excluded from income for single filers and up to $500,000 for married couples if they sell their homes for a gain.

• It's a hedge against inflation.

  Housing costs and rents have tended over most time periods to go up at or higher than the rate of inflation, making owning an attractive proposition.

• You're paying for housing whether you rent or own.

  Homeowners pay debt service to pay down their own principal while households that rent pay down the principal of a landlord.

These reasons come from Harvard's The Dream Lives On:
The Future of Homeownership in America by Eric S. Belsky.

Because it makes sense, we invite you to contact Skyrise Real Estate Group to find your perfect view in the Valley.

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