{"id":90,"date":"2026-10-16T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marcoislandbeachrealtor.com\/blog\/?p=90"},"modified":"2026-10-16T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T09:00:00","slug":"homeowners-report-greater-financial-satisfaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marcoislandbeachrealtor.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/16\/homeowners-report-greater-financial-satisfaction\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeowners report greater financial satisfaction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>There\u2019s something unique about the sense of accomplishment that comes with owning a home\u2014and it\u2019s not just about the keys. Recent findings show that 68% of homeowners report greater financial satisfaction compared to 47% of non-homeowners. Still, it\u2019s important to remember that 42% are managing their finances paycheck to paycheck, even after they\u2019ve settled in. Interestingly, those who become homeowners by age 30 tend to see a 22.5% higher net worth by age 50. Of course, high housing costs can make saving challenging, but the long-term benefits often speak for themselves. As someone who has spent years helping folks find their place in Marco Island\u2019s waterfront community, I\u2019ve seen firsthand how owning a home here can become a meaningful part of your financial journey\u2014and your story.<\/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>There\u2019s something unique about the sense of accomplishment that comes with owning a home\u2014and it\u2019s not just about the keys. Recent findings show that 68% of homeowners report greater financial satisfaction compared to 47% of non-homeowners. Still, it\u2019s important to remember that 42% are managing their finances paycheck to paycheck, even after they\u2019ve settled in. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":245,"featured_media":91,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcoislandbeachrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcoislandbeachrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcoislandbeachrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcoislandbeachrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcoislandbeachrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcoislandbeachrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcoislandbeachrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions\/92"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcoislandbeachrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcoislandbeachrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcoislandbeachrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcoislandbeachrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}