Comments on: Do you own too much house? http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/2009/09/23/do-you-own-too-much-house/ Everything to do with thickening your wallet Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: admin http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/2009/09/23/do-you-own-too-much-house/comment-page-1/#comment-19606 admin Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:55:29 +0000 http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/?p=1203#comment-19606 Sampson: I cannot speak for MG but anything in the range of 50-70% would be "safe" to me. Although we did not address it, if you went too far the other way (i.e. you owned a lot of stock relative to real estate), you have the opposite problem of over-allocation into equities. Sampson: I cannot speak for MG but anything in the range of 50-70% would be “safe” to me. Although we did not address it, if you went too far the other way (i.e. you owned a lot of stock relative to real estate), you have the opposite problem of over-allocation into equities.

]]> By: Return To Questrade Deal, Blog Highlight and Last Linkstuff http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/2009/09/23/do-you-own-too-much-house/comment-page-1/#comment-19580 Return To Questrade Deal, Blog Highlight and Last Linkstuff Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:07:48 +0000 http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/?p=1203#comment-19580 [...] My Wallet questions – do you own too much house? Along with the Money Gardener, he tries to figure out how much house is too [...] [...] My Wallet questions – do you own too much house? Along with the Money Gardener, he tries to figure out how much house is too [...]

]]> By: Sampson http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/2009/09/23/do-you-own-too-much-house/comment-page-1/#comment-19565 Sampson Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:39:04 +0000 http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/?p=1203#comment-19565 Sorry - I meant to ask if you guys determined 'safe' levels for a (home value)/(total asset ratio) Sorry – I meant to ask if you guys determined ‘safe’ levels for a (home value)/(total asset ratio)

]]> By: admin http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/2009/09/23/do-you-own-too-much-house/comment-page-1/#comment-19564 admin Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:29:56 +0000 http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/?p=1203#comment-19564 Sampson: I am not sure what you mean by concrete values? You mean for our own places? For a comparison, I would check out Money Sense's wealth test if you have not already: http://www.canadianbusiness.com/my_money/planning/article.jsp?content=20090918_125030_6572 Sampson: I am not sure what you mean by concrete values? You mean for our own places?

For a comparison, I would check out Money Sense’s wealth test if you have not already:

http://www.canadianbusiness.com/my_money/planning/article.jsp?content=20090918_125030_6572

]]> By: Sampson http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/2009/09/23/do-you-own-too-much-house/comment-page-1/#comment-19563 Sampson Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:12:19 +0000 http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/?p=1203#comment-19563 So in your discussions, did you guys come up with any concrete values. As you mention, the point in your life will play a big role for certain. Too bad these metrics aren't measured by Stats Can. I'd be interested in mean and median values of fellow Canadians broken into age categories and net worth categories. So in your discussions, did you guys come up with any concrete values. As you mention, the point in your life will play a big role for certain.

Too bad these metrics aren’t measured by Stats Can. I’d be interested in mean and median values of fellow Canadians broken into age categories and net worth categories.

]]> By: moneygardener http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/2009/09/23/do-you-own-too-much-house/comment-page-1/#comment-19562 moneygardener Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:29:38 +0000 http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/?p=1203#comment-19562 Interesting post and thanks for letting me work on it with you. Interesting post and thanks for letting me work on it with you.

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