"Of course, thanks to the house, a great many of our memories are housed, and if the house is a bit elaborate, if it has a cellar and a garret, nooks and corridors, our memories have refuges that are all the more clearly delineated. 所有 our lives we come back to them in our daydreams.”

加斯顿Bachelard, 空间的诗学

I have been following the news about the housing market pretty closely and am pretty disappointed with some of the articles declaring a 反对房屋所有权的案例. I couldn’t disagree more. 如果说有什么不同的话，那就是我认为住房所有权的价值：负责任的金融投资、社会稳定和社区联系比以往任何时候都更加重要。

I was particularly moved by the story in the Seattle Times yesterday about 巴拉德的卢茨一家, a family with seven adopted siblings that are helping their parents move from their family home to a smaller condo now that their children have left the nest. 虽然他们的故事远非典型，但它确实引起了共鸣，家是家庭生活的中心，是创造记忆的地方，以及房子如何讲述悦博体育在他们的庇护下建立的生活故事。

家就是这样为人们服务的。 它们是悦博体育最亲密的故事展开的地方。

Finding and creating a home is an emotional, 心理, social and financial investment. 寻找一个地方来展望未来，养家糊口，甚至退休，都需要大量的精力。 没有比自己的家更令人愉快的投资了。 投资黄金或股票无法与一个地方的感觉相比，在那里你可以收集记忆，创造反映你理想的空间，并随着时间的推移发展以满足你的需求。

Beyond the emotional ties to home, a number of 研究 have shown that home ownership has a great impact on feelings of personal autonomy, life satisfaction and increased investment in the community. 这种满足感超越了把墙壁涂成悦博体育想要的任何颜色，或者按照悦博体育自己的意愿改善悦博体育的家。 它悦博体育通过提高悦博体育的幸福感而深入人心。 此外，当悦博体育与悦博体育所居住的社区有利害关系时，悦博体育会更多地参与，使悦博体育的社区对所有成员来说更安全、更健康。

Not all the news about the housing market is negative, actually there are many great articles: “捍卫房屋所有权”, “买房的十大理由 “and “毕竟这是一座梦想中的房子” to name a few. 但不管你现在站在房地产市场的哪个位置，悦博体育都可能同意，没有什么地方比得上家。

悦博体育对家的所有体验都是独一无二的。 请分享你对家乡最美好的回忆。