**HOME OWNERSHIP MATTERS**

from {here}

While reading through the latest issue of REALTOR Magazine, I stumbled on an intriguing article entitled "Home Ownership & The American Dream". It seems that Americans are finding it less important to actually own their home, they do not see the value. However, when polled 96% of respondents felt that owning a home was a better financial decision than renting. This year, NAR (The National Association of REALTORS) has launched a campaign to remind Americans of the value in home ownership, and it's direct relation to the values and principles our country was built on. The best part of the article to me was a quote from Martha Stewart. She began by quoting Samuel Johnson, and then added her thoughts. :

"To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition. Our families and our homes are the center of American life. And everything we do is to make those homes--and the lives in them--more beautiful, more comfortable, more functional, and more full of life and light and joy for those we love. At the end of the day, that is the American Dream. All the rest is window dressing."

Thank you, Martha, for your beautiful words! THAT makes sense. 

The entire article can be found {here}.