OK, i truly enjoy the discussions about paying off low cost mortgages. My question is to the people in or near retirement. What percentage of your net worth is in primary home equity? What is your age and how close are you to firing/retiring?
I’ll start. I am retired and have approximately 4% of my net worth in home equity.

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Home equity is ~42.5% of my current net worth; I'm no where near retiring. I'm very interested in financial independence, not so much in retiring early, but I actually like what I do.

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I own two properties, one fully paid, and the other with $415k remaining on the mortgage. I do not count either of these in my FIRE calculations since they're not liquid assets.

From an equity perspective, primary residence is 6% of my net worth, while my second home represents 18% of my total net worth

Fwiw, I'm in "Coast FIRE" mode now after hitting my Financial Independence target last year and will Retire Early next year.

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22% of my NW is in home equity and I’m retired. No mortgage. I consider my home equity my asset of last resort to finance my future long term care through either a heloc or a reverse mortgage so I include it in NW.

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I’m 60 and just retired. I really don’t include my primary residence in my net worth calculation, simply because I don’t plan on selling/divesting. I plan to live out my days in this home. It’s nearly paid off and I don’t plan on remortgaging it since my financial model assumes no payments after 65. I do have several rental properties. The equity on those properties is about 30% of my net worth.

What BA1? Net Worth = Assets - Liabilities. You don’t get to then consider your so called absence of rent expense as an additional plus. It’s already reflected in the accumulation of assets (cash) or reduced liabilities (decreasing mortgage balance).

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Age 45, close to FI
Home equity $500k. Total net worth $2.5m

Congratulations!

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