{"id":5740,"date":"2024-03-13T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nwiloanguy.com\/blog\/your-home-is-a-powerful-investment\/"},"modified":"2024-03-13T05:30:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T10:30:00","slug":"your-home-is-a-powerful-investment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nwiloanguy.com\/blog\/your-home-is-a-powerful-investment\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Home Is a Powerful Investment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/files.keepingcurrentmatters.com\/KeepingCurrentMatters\/content\/images\/20240311\/20240313-Your-Home-Is-a-Powerful-Investment.png?w=358&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Your Home Is a Powerful Investment Simplifying The Market\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5px;clear: both;max-width: 100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Going into 2023, there was a lot of talk about a possible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplifyingthemarket.com\/2024\/03\/05\/why-there-wont-be-a-recession-that-tanks-the-housing-market\/?a=375140-ca8522ad04357da9549c08492a932f70\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">recession<\/a> that would cause the housing market to crash. Some in the media were even forecasting home prices would drop by as much as 10-20%\u2014and that might have made you feel a bit unsure about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplifyingthemarket.com\/2024\/02\/16\/achieve-your-dream-of-homeownership-with-condos-and-townhomes-infographic\/?a=375140-ca8522ad04357da9549c08492a932f70\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">buying a home<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But here\u2019s what actually happened: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplifyingthemarket.com\/2024\/02\/15\/dont-let-the-latest-home-price-headlines-confuse-you\/?a=375140-ca8522ad04357da9549c08492a932f70\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">home prices<\/a> went up more than usual. Brian D. Luke, Head of Commodities at <em>S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spglobal.com\/spdji\/en\/documents\/indexnews\/announcements\/20240227-1470765\/1470765_cshomeprice-release-0227.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">explains<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cLooking back at the year, 2023 appears to have exceeded average annual home price gains over the past 35 years.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To put last year\u2019s growth into context, the graph below uses <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freddiemac.com\/research\/indices\/house-price-index\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">data<\/a> from <em>Freddie Mac<\/em> on how home prices have changed each year going back to 1980. The dotted line shows the long-term average for appreciation:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/files.keepingcurrentmatters.com\/KeepingCurrentMatters\/content\/images\/20240311\/20240313-Percent-of-Annual-Home-Appreciation.png?ssl=1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/files.keepingcurrentmatters.com\/KeepingCurrentMatters\/content\/images\/20240311\/20240313-Percent-of-Annual-Home-Appreciation.png?ssl=1\" alt=\"a graph showing the average of a home appreciation\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h4><strong>The big takeaway?<\/strong> <strong>Home prices almost always go up. <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>As an article from <em>Forbes<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jimwang\/2023\/06\/21\/is-buying-a-home-really-a-good-investment\/?sh=68dae57a4aab\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">says<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201c. . . the U.S. real estate market has a long and reliable history of increasing in value over time.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In fact, since 1980, the only time home prices dropped was during the housing market crash (<em>shown in red in the graph above<\/em>). Fortunately, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplifyingthemarket.com\/2024\/02\/29\/why-we-arent-headed-for-a-housing-crash\/?a=375140-ca8522ad04357da9549c08492a932f70\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">market today<\/a> isn\u2019t like it was in 2008. For starters, there aren\u2019t enough available homes to meet buyer demand right now. On top of that, homeowners have a tremendous amount of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplifyingthemarket.com\/2024\/02\/08\/home-equity-can-be-a-game-changer-when-you-sell\/?a=375140-ca8522ad04357da9549c08492a932f70\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">equity<\/a>, so they\u2019re on much stronger footing than they were back then. That means there won\u2019t be a wave of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplifyingthemarket.com\/2024\/02\/02\/theres-no-foreclosure-wave-in-sight-infographic\/?a=375140-ca8522ad04357da9549c08492a932f70\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">foreclosures<\/a> that causes prices to fall.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that home values went up every single year except those four in red is why owning a home can be one of the smartest moves you can make. When you\u2019re a homeowner, you own something that typically becomes more valuable over time. And as your home\u2019s value appreciates, your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplifyingthemarket.com\/2024\/01\/11\/the-dramatic-impact-of-homeownership-on-net-worth\/?a=375140-ca8522ad04357da9549c08492a932f70\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">net worth grows<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So, if you\u2019re financially stable and prepared for the costs and expenses of homeownership, buying a home might make a lot of sense for you.<\/p>\n<h3>Bottom Line<\/h3>\n<p>Home prices almost always go up over time. That makes <a href=\"\/2024\/02\/20\/strategic-tips-for-buying-your-first-home\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">buying a home<\/a> a smart move, if you\u2019re ready and able. Connect with a local <a href=\"\/2024\/02\/28\/why-you-want-an-agents-advice-for-your-move\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">real estate agent<\/a> to talk about your goals and what\u2019s available in our area.<\/p>\n<p>Source: New feed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Going into 2023, there was a lot of talk about a possible recession that would cause the housing market to crash. Some in the media were even forecasting home prices would drop by as much as 10-20%\u2014and that might have made you feel a bit unsure about buying a home. But here\u2019s what actually happened: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5741,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10157519356927224_105287467588662":"","twitter_15771620_15771620":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[54],"class_list":{"0":"post-5740","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-info","8":"tag-100-financing","9":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Your Home Is a Powerful Investment&#8212;NWI Loan Guy Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nwiloanguy.com\/blog\/your-home-is-a-powerful-investment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Your Home Is a Powerful Investment&#8212;NWI Loan Guy Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Going into 2023, there was a lot of talk about a possible recession that would cause the housing market to crash. 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