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Is It Better to Buy or Rent? - NYTimes.com
by k at 3:31 pm EDT, May 28, 2008

Interactive infographic on money spent after x number of years for buying and renting.

Basically, having now bought a house, I move for at least 6-10 years, depending on house appreciation (or depreciation).

-janelane

[Pretty useful. Bolsters the idea that if you're likely to be someplace less than 10 years, rent, unless you really have an angle. -k]

RE: Is It Better to Buy or Rent?
by possibly noteworthy at 4:42 pm EDT, May 28, 2008

janelane wrote:

Interactive infographic on money spent after x number of years for buying and renting.
Basically, having now bought a house, I move for at least 6-10 years, depending on house appreciation (or depreciation).

I agree this is a handy tool. We first talked about this last April when it was first published. From the accompanying article:

Most striking, perhaps, is the fact that prices may not yet have fallen far enough for buying to look better than renting today, except for people who plan to stay in a home for many years.

Is It Better to Buy or Rent? - NYTimes.com
by janelane at 9:01 am EDT, May 28, 2008

Interactive infographic on money spent after x number of years for buying and renting.

Basically, having now bought a house, I move for at least 6-10 years, depending on house appreciation (or depreciation).

-janelane

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