{"id":40815,"date":"2010-09-21T15:45:28","date_gmt":"2010-09-21T15:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatsthepointofaventura.com\/2010\/09\/21\/should-you-buy-a-home-today\/"},"modified":"2019-04-23T20:53:17","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T20:53:17","slug":"should-you-buy-a-home-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/should-you-buy-a-home-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Should You Buy A Home Today?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">10 Reasons To Buy A Home<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2697\" src=\"http:\/\/whatsthepointofaventura.com\/files\/2010\/09\/Time-Magaine-Sept-6.jpg\" alt=\"Time Magazine\" width=\"212\" height=\"320\" \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In a recent Wall Street Journal article, <a title=\"10 Reasons To Buy A Home\" href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article_email\/SB10001424052748703376504575492023471133674-lMyQjAxMTAwMDIwMDEyNDAyWj.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>10 Reasons To Buy A Home<\/strong><\/a>, <a id=\"aptureLink_vWa9FH4HFX\" href=\"http:\/\/topics.wsj.com\/person\/a\/brett-arends\/1246\">Brett Arends<\/a> reports <em>&#8220;Enough with the gloom and doom about home ownership.&#8221;<\/em> He then goes on to explain why owning a home is a good thing.<\/p>\n<p>Brett&#8217;s 10 reasons why it&#8217;s good to buy a home:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h3>You can get a good deal.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Mortgages are cheap.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>You can save on taxes.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>It will be yours.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>You&#8217;ll get a better home.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>It offers some inflation protection.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>It&#8217;s risk capital.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>It&#8217;s forced savings.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>There is a lot to choose from.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Sooner or later, the market will clear.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>In the following Wall Street Journal video, Brett Arends discusses why he thinks now is a particularly good time to buy a home:<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <object id=\"wsj_fp\" classid=\"d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"512\" height=\"363\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"videoGUID=3C3C3A7E-3384-4FE9-982D-59146D4EEF17&amp;playerid=1000&amp;plyMediaEnabled=1&amp;configURL=http:\/\/wsj.vo.llnwd.net\/o28\/players\/&amp;autoStart=false\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/media\/swf\/VideoPlayerMain.swf\" \/><param name=\"name\" value=\"flashPlayer\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed id=\"wsj_fp\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"512\" height=\"363\" src=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/media\/swf\/VideoPlayerMain.swf\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" flashvars=\"videoGUID=3C3C3A7E-3384-4FE9-982D-59146D4EEF17&amp;playerid=1000&amp;plyMediaEnabled=1&amp;configURL=http:\/\/wsj.vo.llnwd.net\/o28\/players\/&amp;autoStart=false\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Let me show you what your money can buy.\u00a0 Take advantage of the &#8220;good deals&#8221; and contact me today at (305) 329-4929 or solovay.m@ewm.com.<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px;height: 15px\"><img class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: medium none;float: right\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/pixy.gif?x-id=48cf1df4-0daf-4af8-bfbc-2ae3af2db922\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"zem-script more-related pretty-attribution\"><script src=\"http:\/\/static.zemanta.com\/readside\/loader.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 Reasons To Buy A Home In a recent Wall Street Journal article, 10 Reasons To Buy A Home, Brett Arends reports &#8220;Enough with the gloom and doom about home ownership.&#8221; He then goes on to explain why owning a home is a good thing. 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