{"id":5765,"date":"2025-06-06T10:47:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T10:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/06\/the-big-difference-between-a-homeowners-and-a-renters-net-worth\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T10:47:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T10:47:10","slug":"the-big-difference-between-a-homeowners-and-a-renters-net-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/06\/the-big-difference-between-a-homeowners-and-a-renters-net-worth\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big Difference Between a Homeowner\u2019s and a Renter\u2019s Net Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<div><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250606-Homeowner-and-Renter-Net-Worth-KCM-Share-original.jpg?w=1220&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Big Difference Between a Homeowner\u2019s and a Renter\u2019s Net Worth Simplifying The Market\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear: both; max-width: 100%;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Homeowner-and-Renter-Net-Worth-MEM-original.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Homeowner-and-Renter-Net-Worth-MEM-original.jpg?w=1220&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"a screenshot of a phone\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Some Highlights<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplifyingthemarket.com\/2025\/05\/29\/is-it-better-to-rent-or-buy-a-home\/?a=783612-02a11606fc81d6a6e402d49bc5bfe20b\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Homeownership<\/a> is one of the best ways to build wealth in our country and it\u2019s easy to see why.<\/li>\n<li>As you pay down your mortgage and as home values rise over time, you gain equity \u2013 and that helps grow your net worth. That\u2019s why a homeowner\u2019s net worth is nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalreserve.gov\/publications\/files\/scf23.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">40X<\/a> greater than a renters.<\/li>\n<li>But you should only buy a home when you\u2019re ready and able to do it.\u00a0If you want to build a plan to get there, connect with a local agent.\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some Highlights Homeownership is one of the best ways to build wealth in our country and it\u2019s easy to see why. As you pay down your mortgage and as home values rise over time, you gain equity \u2013 and that helps grow your net worth. That\u2019s why a homeowner\u2019s net worth is nearly 40X greater [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5766,"comment_status":"registered_only","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_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":[12],"tags":[29,27,20,18,28],"class_list":["post-5765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-estate-insight","tag-idaho-real-estate","tag-north-idaho-homes","tag-rain-silverhawk","tag-real-estate","tag-sandpoint-idaho"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250606-Homeowner-and-Renter-Net-Worth-KCM-Share-original.jpg?fit=750%2C410&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdz2Zu-1uZ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}