[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$f1elyxdeyfnt24":3,"$ffeh0925h8cuz":38,"$fbwk2pqjjqsc7":42},{"item":4,"previous":26,"next":32},{"id":5,"slug":6,"title":7,"description":8,"excerpt":9,"contentType":10,"featuredImage":11,"bannerImage":9,"body":12,"agentsBottomLine":13,"bodyImage":9,"isInfographic":14,"categories":15,"isVideo":14,"videoThumbnail":9,"videoSource":9,"publishedAt":24,"updatedAt":25},391,"buying-a-home-is-better-way-to-produce-wealth-than-renting","Buying A Home Is Better Way to Produce Wealth Than Renting","According to the latest \u003Cem>Beracha, Hardin & Johnson Buy vs. Rent (BH&J) \u003C\u002Fem>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fbusiness.fau.edu\u002Fdepartments\u002Ffinance\u002Fbhj-buy-vs-rent-index\u002Fbhj-summary\u002Findex.aspx#.VgBqV2RVikp\">\u003Cem>Index\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fa> homeownership is a better way to produce greater wealth, on average, than renting.\r\n\r\nThe BH&J Index is a quarterly report that attempts to answer the question:\r\n\u003Cblockquote>\u003Cem>Is it better to rent or buy a home in today’s housing market?\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\r\n","","blog","https:\u002F\u002Fsimplifyingmedia\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2015\u002F09\u002F01162106\u002FProduce-Wealth.jpg","According to the latest \u003Cem>Beracha, Hardin & Johnson Buy vs. Rent (BH&J) \u003C\u002Fem>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fbusiness.fau.edu\u002Fdepartments\u002Ffinance\u002Fbhj-buy-vs-rent-index\u002Fbhj-summary\u002Findex.aspx#.VgBqV2RVikp\">\u003Cem>Index\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fa> homeownership is a better way to produce greater wealth, on average, than renting.\r\n\r\nThe BH&J Index is a quarterly report that attempts to answer the question:\r\n\u003Cblockquote>\u003Cem>Is it better to rent or buy a home in today’s housing market?\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\r\n\u003C!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe index examines that entire US housing market and then isolates 23 major markets for comparison. The researchers at use a “\u003Cem>’horse race’ comparison between an individual that is buying a home and an individual that rents a similar quality home and reinvests all monies otherwise invested in homeownership.”\u003C\u002Fem>\r\n\r\nKen Johnson,\u003Cem> Real Estate Economist & Professor at Florida Atlantic University, \u003C\u002Fem>and one of the index’s authors states: \u003Cem>\"The U.S. as a whole is still in clear buy territory. The cities of Cincinnati, Chicago, Cleveland, and New York City are deep into buy territory.\"\u003C\u002Fem>\r\n\r\nMiami and Portland had been inching closer toward renting being the better option but have \u003Cem>\"pulled back from the edge.\"\u003C\u002Fem> Johnson goes on to say\u003Cem>, “that's a good sign for home pricing as it suggests prices are going to level off in these metro areas.\"\u003C\u002Fem>\r\n\u003Ch3>\u003Cstrong>Bottom Line\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\r\nBuying a home makes sense socially and financially. Rents are predicted to increase substantially in the next year, so lock in your housing cost with a mortgage payment now.","\r\nBuying a home makes sense socially and financially. 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