Don't you wish you could afford to live in a mansion? Me, too. And do you know what? If we lived in a mansion, our mortgage would probably be paid off.

Did you know that New York has the 4th spot in the cool club of mortgage-free million-dollar homeowners? According to the latest study, New York's got a solid 5% of homeowners living in million-dollar properties without the mortgage worries.

Out of the 4,221,669 homeowners in 2023, an incredible 211,504 have kicked their mortgages to the curb and own properties worth a million or more. When it comes to living large, New York's got some serious game.

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The Empire State has competition from Hawaii, California, and Washington, but it's holding its own in hassle-free homeownership in the lap of luxury. It might not be the top spot, there's something pretty cool about being part of the elite 5% club of mortgage-free million-dollar homeowners.

Hawaii is rocking the top spot with over 13% of homeowners living life in mortgage-free million-dollar cribs. Out of 308,421 homeowners in 2023, a sweet 40,822 are living the high life in properties worth a mil or more.

Chasing Hawaii's wave of mortgage-free bliss in the realm of million-dollar homes is California and Washington. New York is making waves in the fourth spot with 5% of homeowners living the good life in million-dollar homes minus the mortgage headache.

On the flip side, poor Mississippi seems to be lost in the shuffle, with only less than 1% (0.4%) of homeowners living it up in a million-dollar home without a mortgage.

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