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Is It Better to Buy or Rent?

beebee
edited April 2011 in Off-Topic
Very cool interactive link to compare the costs of home ownership verses renting:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/business/buy-rent-calculator.html

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  • For those who are upwardly mobile and move from one state to another, renting makes a lot sense. On the other hand, many who have the fortunate to stay put in the same town even after changing jobs several times before retirement. Thus owning their own houses pay off in the end.
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