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How about this angle: A house can be a home, but a home isn't necessarily a house. It can be a condo, an apartment, a tent -- or any of a number of other things. But those other things can't be a house.
Makes sense. Thanks. I own a house, so I have house ownership. LOL
I think the general distinction between the two is a home is where the person lives, while a house may not be that home.
A house that someone owns as an investment, often as a rental, is usually referred to as a 'rental house', while a home is occupied by the person who is buying it for living in.
Thus, House For Rent or Safe House vs. Homeowner's Insurance.
Realtors naturally want commissions on renting properties, so for them, ever house is a home. Home as a word has different associations to it than house has as a word.
A home can be an apartment or a condo or a tent. It's where a person is raised or has spent some important parts of life in.
While you can own multiple houses, you can only have one "home" IMO.
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