Want to Build Wealth? Buy a Home This Year.

<article class="post-1883 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry" id="post-1883"><span class="entry-date">February 2, 2021</span><div class="entry-header center-block text-center"><h1 class="entry-title">Want to Build Wealth? Buy a Home This Year.</h1><div class="shareBlock"><div class="shareTitle">Share</div><div class="shareIcons"><a aria-label="Twitter Share Link" class="twitter solid display-inline-block" data-tracking="Post,Social Post Link Clicked,Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/share?text=Want+to+Build+Wealth%3F+Buy+a+Home+This+Year.&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fgilliggroup.com%2Fblog%2Fwant-to-build-wealth-buy-a-home-this-year%2F" target="_blank"><span class="force-hidden">Twitter</span></a>
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<p>Every year, households across the country make the decision to rent for another year or take the leap into homeownership. They look at their earnings and savings and then decide what makes the most financial sense. That equation will most likely take into consideration monthly housing costs, tax advantages, and other incremental expenses. Using these measurements, recent studies show that it’s still more <a href="https://www.simplifyingthemarket.com/2021/01/20/owning-a-home-is-still-more-affordable-than-renting-one/?a=712984-fa409495d5d70154d03a25e81e9540e2">affordable</a> to own than rent in most of the country.<span id="more-43807"></span></p>
<p>There is, however, another financial advantage to owning a home that’s often forgotten in the analysis – <strong>the wealth built through equity when you own a home.</strong></p>
<p>Odeta Kushi, <em>Deputy Chief Economist</em> for <em>First American</em>, discusses this point in a recent blog post. She <a href="https://blog.firstam.com/economics/dont-overlook-the-benefit-of-equity-when-considering-whether-to-rent-or-own">explains</a>:</p>
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<p><em>“Once you include the equity benefit of price appreciation, owning made more financial sense than renting in 48 out of the 50 top markets, with the only exceptions being San Francisco and San Jose, Calif.”</em></p>
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<h4><strong>What has this equity piece meant to homeowners in the past?</strong></h4>
<p><em>ATTOM Data Solutions, </em>the curator of one of the nation’s premier property databases, just analyzed the typical <a href="https://www.attomdata.com/news/market-trends/home-sales-prices/attom-data-solutions-2020-year-end-u-s-home-sales-report/">home-price gain</a> owners nationwide enjoyed when they sold their homes. Here’s a breakdown of their findings:<a href="https://files.simplifyingthemarket.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/01143322/20200202-MEM-Eng-1.jpg"><img alt="Want to Build Wealth? Buy a Home This Year. | Simplifying The Market" class="aligncenter wp-image-43811" decoding="async" height="488" loading="lazy" sizes="auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px" src="https://files.simplifyingthemarket.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/01143322/20200202-MEM-Eng-1.jpg" srcset="https://files.simplifyingthemarket.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/01143322/20200202-MEM-Eng-1.jpg 1000w, https://files.simplifyingthemarket.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/01143322/20200202-MEM-Eng-1-400×300.jpg 400w" width="650"/></a>The typical gain in the sale of the home (equity) has increased significantly over the last five years.</p>
<p><em>CoreLogic</em>, another property data curator, also weighed in on the subject. According to their latest <a href="https://www.corelogic.com/insights-download/homeowner-equity-report.aspx">Homeowner Equity Insights Report</a>, the average homeowner gained <strong>$17,000 in equity</strong> in just the last year alone.</p>
<h4><strong>What does the future look like for homeowners when it comes to equity?</strong></h4>
<p>Here are the seven major home price appreciation forecasts for 2021:<a href="https://files.simplifyingthemarket.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/01143321/20200202-MEM-Eng-2.jpg"><img alt="Want to Build Wealth? Buy a Home This Year. | Simplifying The Market" class="aligncenter wp-image-43810" decoding="async" height="488" loading="lazy" sizes="auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px" src="https://files.simplifyingthemarket.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/01143321/20200202-MEM-Eng-2.jpg" srcset="https://files.simplifyingthemarket.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/01143321/20200202-MEM-Eng-2.jpg 1000w, https://files.simplifyingthemarket.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/01143321/20200202-MEM-Eng-2-400×300.jpg 400w" width="650"/></a>The <em>National Association of Realtors </em>(NAR) just <a href="https://www.nar.realtor/newsroom/existing-home-sales-rise-0-7-in-december-annual-sales-see-highest-level-since-2006">reported</a> that today, the median-priced home in the country sells for $309,800. If homes appreciate by 5% this year (the average of the forecasts), the homeowner will increase their wealth by $15,490 in 2021 through increased equity.</p>
<h3><strong>Bottom Line</strong></h3>
<p>As you make your plans for the coming year, be sure to consider the equity benefits of home price appreciation as you weigh the financial advantages of buying over renting. When you do, you may find this is the perfect time to jump into homeownership.</p>
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