Some people are not into saving money, but saving for a house is an automatic savings account. There are two ways your savings accumulate. Every month, a portion of your payment goes to the principal and looking at it in the early years of the mortgage, this is not much. Eventually as time goes by, it accelerates.

Second, the value of your home appreciates. Average appreciation on a home is estimated at five percent, although it varies from year to year, and in some years it may even depreciate.. Over time, it has shown that owning a home of your own is a very good financial investments.

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