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