Home Ownership Matters!

Here are some interesting factoids from the National Association of Realtors' Field Guide to the Benefits of Home Ownership as to why Home Ownership really matters:

• Home owners are 28 percent more likely to repair or improve their residence than renters
• Each home purchase generates as much as $60,000 of economic activity in the local and surrounding area
• Children of home owners are 20 percent less likely to become teenage mothers
• Home owners are 28 percent more likely to vote
• The college graduation rate for children of home owners is 116 percent higher

So let's build more homes!