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Renting saves you money over buying if you own the house for less than 15 years

19 December, 2024 · 2,477,469 views · 7,219 likes · 527 reposts

Don't let anyone peer pressure you into buying a house with the midwit argument "renting is throwing away money" which in 99% of cases is BS

Generally renting SAVES you money over buying if you will own the house for less than 15 years

New York Times made a famous buy vs. rent calculator that got updated recently

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/briefing/a-new-rent-versus-buy-calculator.html

The same applies to most markets worldwide

The only valid argument for buying a house for most people is if you can use leverage (a mortgage) to buy it, but you will pay about the same of amount of the house price in interest payments to a bank for 30 years

Big golden handcuffs that'll keep you tied down forever while you fund rich bankers

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