[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$f11jjs2w0rmvzz":3,"$ffeh0925h8cuz":35,"$fbwk2pqjjqsc7":39},{"item":4,"previous":23,"next":29},{"id":5,"slug":6,"title":7,"description":8,"excerpt":9,"contentType":10,"featuredImage":11,"bannerImage":9,"body":12,"agentsBottomLine":13,"bodyImage":14,"isInfographic":15,"categories":16,"isVideo":15,"videoThumbnail":9,"videoSource":9,"publishedAt":21,"updatedAt":22},412,"family-wealth-grows-as-home-equity-builds","Family Wealth Grows as Home Equity Builds","With residential real estate values rising quite substantially in most parts of the country over the last few years, many homeowners are seeing a major increase in their family’s wealth as equity continues to build in their house.\r\n\r\n","","blog","https:\u002F\u002Fsimplifyingmedia\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2015\u002F10\u002F01162037\u002FFamily-Wealth.jpg","With residential real estate values rising quite substantially in most parts of the country over the last few years, many homeowners are seeing a major increase in their family’s wealth as equity continues to build in their house.\r\n\r\n\u003C!--more-->\r\n\r\nA \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.jchs.harvard.edu\u002Fresearch\u002Fstate_nations_housing\">recent study\u003C\u002Fa> by the \u003Cem>Joint Center of Housing Studies at Harvard University \u003C\u002Fem>revealed that home equity grew nicely last year and has grown dramatically over the last five years…\r\n\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2015\u002F10\u002FEquity.1.jpg\">\u003Cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-32029\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2015\u002F10\u002FEquity.1.jpg\" alt=\"Inflation & Home Equity | Simplifying The Market\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>\r\n\r\nBuyers looking today may not see the same build-up in equity but could still do quite well.\r\n\r\nLet’s assume you went into contract in the next six weeks and closed on a $250,000 home in January. 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