[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fcz6xe9oyuceh":3,"$ffegs2evbp6jw":32,"$fbwk3vtva8yds":36},{"item":4,"previous":22,"next":27},{"id":5,"slug":6,"title":7,"description":8,"excerpt":9,"contentType":10,"featuredImage":11,"bannerImage":9,"body":12,"agentsBottomLine":12,"bodyImage":13,"isInfographic":14,"categories":15,"isVideo":14,"videoThumbnail":9,"videoSource":9,"publishedAt":20,"updatedAt":21},21,"real-estate-we-are-not-the-only-ones-saying-you-should-buy","(English) Real Estate: We are NOT the Only Ones Saying You Should Buy","(English) We have never hid our belief in homeownership. That does not mean we think EVERYONE should run out and buy a house. However, if a person or family is ready, willing and able to purchase a home, we believe that owning is much better than ren...","","blog","https:\u002F\u002F\u002F","(English) \u003Cimg class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-29205\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2014\u002F04\u002FiStock_000035217868Large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \u002F>We have never hid our belief in homeownership. That does not mean we think EVERYONE should run out and buy a house. However, if a person or family is \u003Cb>\u003Ci>ready\u003C\u002Fi>\u003C\u002Fb>, \u003Cb>\u003Ci>willing\u003C\u002Fi>\u003C\u002Fb> and \u003Cb>\u003Ci>able\u003C\u002Fi>\u003C\u002Fb> to purchase a home, we believe that owning is much better than renting. And we believe that now is a great time to buy.\r\n\r\nWe are not the only ones that think \u003Ci>owning has massive benefits\u003C\u002Fi> or that \u003Ci>now is a sensational time\u003C\u002Fi> to plunge into owning your own home. Here are a few others:\r\n\u003Ch3>\u003Cb>Benefits of Owning\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fh3>\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.jchs.harvard.edu\u002Fsites\u002Fjchs.harvard.edu\u002Ffiles\u002Fw13-1_belsky_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University\u003C\u002Fa>\r\n\r\n\u003Ci>“Homeowners pay debt service to pay down their own principal while households that rent pay down the principal of a landlord…Having to make a housing payment one way or the other, owning a home can overcome people’s tendency to defer savings.”\u003C\u002Fi>\r\n\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.federalreserve.gov\u002Fpubs\u002Fbulletin\u002F2012\u002Fpdf\u002Fscf12.pdf\">The Federal Reserve\u003C\u002Fa>\r\n\r\n\u003Ci>“Renters have \u003Cb>much lower\u003C\u002Fb> median and mean net worth than homeowners in any survey year.”\u003C\u002Fi>\r\n\u003Ch3>\u003Cb>Benefits of Buying Now\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fh3>\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.trulia.com\u002Ftrends\u002Fcategory\u002Frent-vs-buy-index\u002F\">Trulia\u003C\u002Fa>\r\n\r\n\u003Ci>“Buying costs less than renting in all 100 large U.S. metros… Now, at a 30-year fixed rate of 4.5%, buying is 38% cheaper than renting nationally.”\u003C\u002Fi>\r\n\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.freddiemac.com\u002Fblog\u002Fresearch_and_analysis\u002F20140324_dirt_cheap_to_cheap.html\">Freddie Mac\u003C\u002Fa>\r\n\r\n\u003Ci>\"One thing seems certain: we are not likely to see average 30-year fixed mortgage rates return to the historic lows experienced in 2012…Yes, rates are higher than they were a year ago – and certainly higher than two years ago. But if you look at the averages over the last four decades, today's rates remain historically low.\"\u003C\u002Fi>","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2014\u002F04\u002FiStock_000035217868Large.jpg",false,[16],{"id":17,"name":18,"slug":19},5,"Para los compradores","buyers","2014-04-16T07:00:00Z","2014-06-12T20:50:42Z",{"id":23,"slug":24,"title":25,"featuredImage":11,"publishedAt":26,"contentType":10,"isVideo":14},20,"thinking-of-buying-a-vacationretirement-home-why-wait","Thinking of Buying a Vacation\u002FRetirement Home? 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