{"id":105,"date":"2026-10-17T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/?p=105"},"modified":"2026-10-17T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T09:00:00","slug":"homeowners-report-greater-financial-satisfaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/17\/homeowners-report-greater-financial-satisfaction\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeowners report greater financial satisfaction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>It\u2019s interesting to see that 68% of homeowners feel more financially satisfied than non-homeowners (47%), even though 42% still find themselves living paycheck to paycheck. There\u2019s also a strong connection between purchasing a home by age 30 and having a 22.5% higher net worth by age 50, though it\u2019s clear that high housing costs can sometimes limit the ability to save. As someone who\u2019s spent years guiding people through these decisions here in Northeast Florida, I know there\u2019s no one-size-fits-all answer. My goal is to help you understand these numbers in the context of your own goals and local market realities, so you can move forward with clarity and confidence\u2014never pressure. Honest advice, steady guidance, and a clear path are the foundation of how I approach every step in your real estate journey.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.floridarealtors.org\/news-media\/news-articles\/2026\/09\/homeowners-report-greater-financial-satisfaction\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s interesting to see that 68% of homeowners feel more financially satisfied than non-homeowners (47%), even though 42% still find themselves living paycheck to paycheck. There\u2019s also a strong connection between purchasing a home by age 30 and having a 22.5% higher net worth by age 50, though it\u2019s clear that high housing costs can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":417,"featured_media":106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/417"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109,"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105\/revisions\/109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}