All posts tagged rent vs buy
Infographic: How to rent your existing home to cover an underwater mortgage
Underwater homeowners can cash in on rising rents by renting out their existing home to move up, down or sideways to a different home or affordable rental and avoid selling at a loss – for now.
Infographic: Buying a new home vs. a used home, a new home vs. renting
Consider purchasing a home and the choice between buying a newly built home or buying an existing home inevitably arises. In a potentially self-serving infographic, Schumacher Homes' data leans
Infographic: Renting three times as expensive as owning in many metros
It's easier to land a rental home than a mortgage to buy one, but monthly rent is three times as expensive as the monthly cost of home ownership
Infographic: Rent-vs-buy decision more than the cost of housing
Rents are skyrocketing and if you are considering moving out from your parents home, moving over from homeownership or just changing rental housing, get a move on. Of the
More renters move up to home ownership, still more returning to the nest
In another sign of the housing recovery times, the trend of renters moving out to own homes is picking up speed at a pace not seen in 18
Two-year apartment industry recovery continues
NATIONAL MULTI HOUSING COUNCIL - Market conditions continued to improve for the multifamily industry across all areas, according to the latest National Multi Housing Council (NMHC) Quarterly Survey
Silicon Valley’s ‘Facebook Factor’
More talk about Facebook than football at a recent Super Bowl party indicates the upcoming Facebook IPO has the potential for far-reaching impact on Silicon Valley's housing market. But
Underwater homeowners renting out to move up, over or down
• Silicon Valley's Julie Larsen Wyss, a broker associate with Intero Real Estate Services, recently met a couple who wanted to buy one of her listings, but had
Rental market humming at pre-recession levels
The residential rental market is perhaps one of the few, if not the only, economic sectors firing on all cylinders in a full-recovery mode. If you are planning to
Home ownership beats renting, if you can get a loan in today's market
A new report says the cost of home ownership is a better deal than renting in three out of four U.S. cities. It assumes buying a home is easier
Volatile rental market could make, break homeownership plans
The rent-vs-buy decision is more than a calculated comparison of financial costs. It's also about timing. Right now, home prices continue to fall, but rents are on the rise and
Should you buy a home or rent one?
It's time to dust off and crank up that rent-vs-buy calculator. The housing market is mixed with some areas offering homes to buy that are cheaper than renting. Other
Most say it’s a good time to buy, fewer see housing as a good investment
Most Americans believe the housing market has hit the bottom and that it's a good time to buy, in part because many also think rents will rise faster
Even home owners choose renting over owning
With the chances of home value appreciation looking dim, the continued risk of foreclosure and the cost of maintenance growing as a home ages, maybe owning a home
