{"id":288,"date":"2018-08-21T00:33:22","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T00:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/2018\/08\/21\/the-net-worth-of-a-homeowner-is-44x-greater-than-a-renter\/"},"modified":"2018-08-21T00:33:22","modified_gmt":"2018-08-21T00:33:22","slug":"the-net-worth-of-a-homeowner-is-44x-greater-than-a-renter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/?p=288","title":{"rendered":"The Net Worth of a Homeowner is 44x Greater Than A Renter!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"648\" height=\"354\" src=\"http:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/26150723\/20180814-Share-STM.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Net Worth of a Homeowner is 44x Greater Than A Renter! | Simplifying The Market\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"http:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/26150723\/20180814-Share-STM.jpg 750w, http:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/26150723\/20180814-Share-STM-549x300.jpg 549w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\"><\/p>\n<p>Every three years, the <em>Federal Reserve<\/em> conducts their <em>Survey of Consumer Finances<\/em> in which they collect data across all economic and social groups. Their latest survey data, covering 2013-2016 was recently released.<span id=\"more-37937\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The study revealed that the median net worth of a homeowner was $231,400 \u2013 a 15% increase since 2013. At the same time, the median net worth of renters decreased by 5% ($5,200 today compared to $5,500 in 2013).<\/p>\n<p>These numbers reveal that the net worth of a homeowner is over 44 times greater than that of a renter.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Owning a home is a great way to build family wealth<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>As we\u2019ve said before, simply put, homeownership is a form of \u2018forced savings.\u2019 Every time you pay your mortgage, you are contributing to your net worth by increasing the equity in your home.<\/p>\n<p>That is why, for the fifth year in a row, <em>Gallup<\/em> reported that Americans picked real estate as the best long-term investment. This year\u2019s results showed that 34% of Americans chose real estate, followed by stocks at 26% and then gold, savings accounts\/CDs, or bonds.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Greater equity in your home gives you options<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>If you want to find out how you can use the increased equity in your home to move to a home that better fits your current lifestyle, let\u2019s get together to discuss the process.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every three years, the Federal Reserve conducts their Survey of Consumer Finances in which they collect data across all economic and social groups. Their latest survey data, covering 2013-2016 was recently released. The study revealed that the median net worth <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/renwre.info\/?p=288\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  The Net Worth of a Homeowner is 44x Greater Than A Renter!<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}