[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$f18iefu5vtnt2y":3,"$ffeh0925h8cuz":42,"$fbwk2pqjjqsc7":46},{"item":4,"previous":30,"next":36},{"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":28,"updatedAt":29},581,"us-housing-market-swings-in-favor-of-homeownership","US Housing Market Swings in Favor of Homeownership","According to the latest \u003Cem>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fbusiness.fau.edu\u002Fdepartments\u002Ffinance\u002Fbhj-buy-vs-rent-index\u002Fbhj-summary\u002Findex.aspx#.VtnRyJMrJE6\">Beracha, Hardin & Johnson Buy vs. Rent (BH&J) Index\u003C\u002Fa>,\u003C\u002Fem> homeownership is a better way to produce greater wealth, on average, than renting. The results from the first quarter index showed that \u003Cem>“16 of the 23 metropolitan markets investigated moved in the direction of buy territory.”\u003C\u002Fem>","","blog","https:\u002F\u002Fsimplifyingmedia\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F06\u002F01161255\u002F20160614-US-Homeownership-Featured.jpg","According to the latest \u003Cem>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fbusiness.fau.edu\u002Fdepartments\u002Ffinance\u002Fbhj-buy-vs-rent-index\u002Fbhj-summary\u002Findex.aspx#.VtnRyJMrJE6\">Beracha, Hardin & Johnson Buy vs. Rent (BH&J) Index\u003C\u002Fa>,\u003C\u002Fem> homeownership is a better way to produce greater wealth, on average, than renting. The results from the first quarter index showed that \u003Cem>“16 of the 23 metropolitan markets investigated moved in the direction of buy territory.”\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe \u003Cem>BH&J Index\u003C\u002Fem> is a quarterly report that attempts to answer the question:\u003Cstrong> \u003C\u002Fstrong>\r\n\u003Ch4>\u003Cstrong>Is it better to rent or buy a home in today’s housing market?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh4>\r\n\u003Cblockquote>\u003Cem>“The U.S. housing market, when considered as a whole, has swung marginally more in favor of home ownership over renting a comparable property and investing monthly rent savings in a portfolio of stocks and bonds.”\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\r\nThe latest results were released shortly after the \u003Cem>S&P\u002FCase-Shiller Home Price Index\u003C\u002Fem>, which reported that home prices had climbed 5.4% nationally since March 2015.\r\n\r\nKen Johnson Ph.D., \u003Cem>Real Estate Economist & Professor at Florida Atlantic University\u003C\u002Fem>, and one of the index’s authors states:\r\n\u003Cblockquote>\u003Cem>“This [growth] appears to be driven by a steady but strengthening job market, rising rents relative to rising ownership costs and recent slower growth in traditional financial portfolios consisting of stocks and bonds.”\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\r\nDallas and Denver are two of the major cities that continued to move deeper into rent territory, but they moved at a slower rate than they had in previous quarters. Johnson believes that, in these two markets, \u003Cem>“strong economic support…should make for a soft landing in terms of slowing property price growth, increased marketing time for properties and lower probabilities that sellers will actually transact and close during a given marketing effort of their property.”\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\n\r\n\u003Cstrong>To Find Out More About the Study:\u003C\u002Fstrong> The BH&J Index and other FAU real estate activities are sponsored by Investments Limited of Boca Raton. 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