Revisiting your finances after buying a new house will make you feel all broke as the money that you build over time is gone Puff! You are happy yet a little panicked about how to recover financially. But it’s never too late to start building on your wealth again. All it needs is the continued perseverance and zest.
Rome was not built in a day. Likewise, when re-building your wealth will take time. But don’t lose the zeal. After one big purchase of a house, you will have many more things to achieve and build in the future, so let’s be future ready.Â
Revisit your Finances: Buying a new home changes your financial situation and you need to revisit your budget as there is a new addition of monthly EMI which will be going out from your income. New house in also going to call for expenses like interiors and decor which needs to accounted too. So, you will have to shuffle things here and there and reduce your other expenses for a while.Â
Shift in Lifestyle: Like I said earlier, getting a new house also gets you additional expenses and to build on your funds, a shift in the lifestyle is a good solution to it. If you use to dine out every weekend, make it once a fortnight. Have movie nights at your new adobe rather than spending on movie tickets. Downgrade on your cable connection or wi-fi connection.  Small changes can save big bucks and even before you know, you will be having a good amount of money in your kitty.Â
Additional Source of Income: Lot of work opportunities are available online like work from home, content writing and data entry job which you can go for to add some extra money in your bank. Start tutoring or bake, convert your passion as a mean to earn some more.Â
Go 50/50: The best way to save when you want to rebuild your corpus is to go 50/50. Save half of your income and spend the other half. If you can’t go completely on half, make is 40/60 or 30/70 but do it. Have a commitment towards your savingsÂ
Choose cash over card: In my earlier blog Cash or Card- What should you use?, I have highlighted how spending in cash can help you refrain from unnecessary expenses and overspending. Cards are easy to swipe and make a purchase but if you lose control over your swipes, your coming months could be jeopardized with a new debt in case you are not able to pay your card bill.Â
Set an attainable goal: When you are starting fresh with your savings, especially after a big purchase, set your new goals which are attainable. Don’t keep it so low that it doesn’t even require any effort but also don’t keep it too high that you feel like you failed. Challenge yourself but don’t make it an impossible task.Â
Things grow with time and likewise give time to your financials to grow too. Buying a new house adds new financial responsibilities on you but if you plan it out right, you will not feel so overwhelmed by it. When it comes to money, planning should be your priority.Â
Stay around, in my next blog, I will be talking about “To Rent or To Buy.
Till Next time
Plan your finances well
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16 replies on “Ways to build your wealth after buying a House”
Loved your take on cash over card! I always thought the opposite!
Thanks a lot
Oh I definitely need to start doing this now. I have used up everything to buy an apartment and its high time I build up something to have as an emergency fund,
These are some useful tips to build wealth after buying a new house. One should definitely follow all these above tips. And I am totally agree on this that things grow with the time and likewise give time to financials to grow too.
This is much needed and is something that I’m doing now since we recently moved into our new home. Loved the tips and cash over cards especially
Really sensible and practical tips there. One really needs to plan well to ensure that there is a steady growth of investment to ensure that one is able to meet life’s expenese.
That’s some wise advice. I think not only these should be followed after buying a house, but before too as it will help you to achieve your target soon.
Great tips, we have purchased new house and work on some points like 50/50 ratio saving and spending using cash over card. It works great.
Shift in lifestyle is so true. I mean even during the pandemic people are not adjusting their lifestyle.
like the idea of choosing cash over cards.. makes you stop making unnecessary purchase and helps you to stick to the budget you have .. good pointers hansa
These are some amazing tips to build wealth after buying a new house and how to save for the future. We should definitely follow all these above tips. And I totally agree on this that things grow with time but give time to grow the finance too.
These are some very practical and easy tips to follow for rebuilding savings. We generally follow most but thanks for sharing the others like planning to spend 50% and save the rest half.
This is such a practical post! I remember downsizing all our expenses after our bank accounts were blank after buying our house. Small savings go a long way.
Thes eare some great ways to build your savings not only after buying a house but after any kind of huge expenses. Cash over card is one of the best ways you have shared in most of your blogs im this series. One shld follow that to get a good look into their expenditures.
I could do relate to your article. We were in this situation back in 2011 when we bought our first house. We literally put in everything we had. All of your pointers are so true. Infact we did follow all of them.
I come from a humble background and realize the value of savings. Totally relate with this post. These days one cannot be sure about life. One day you’re here, next you’re gone. Corona has shown that we should value life more than anything else.