• GiddyGap@lemm.eeOP
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      3 months ago

      Depending on where you live, much or all of that value goes away if it’s 35-50 percent more expensive to own. Especially if you choose to invest the savings.

      • Krauerking@lemy.lol
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        edit-2
        3 months ago

        They said 14% in the article. Don’t go doubling it or more for the sake of winning an argument.

        • GiddyGap@lemm.eeOP
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          3 months ago

          Commercial real estate investment firm CBRE pegs the premium to buy versus own at about 35% earlier this year, with the dip in mortgage rates in the fall helping bring that level down from a record high of 52%. Their measure includes the cost of mortgage insurance that most lenders require but doesn’t factor in expenses like homeowners insurance or upkeep.

          We’re talking about two different things.

    • almar_quigley@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      3 months ago

      That’s some rich dad poor dad BS. Means nothing if you can’t afford the additional y cost over renting, plus with interest rates where they’re at……so much of that monthly payment is still going nowhere.

      • aesthelete@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        5
        ·
        edit-2
        3 months ago

        You don’t have to pay the mortgage in thirty years and eat the entirety of the interest. I paid mine off in three.

        There’s no way I’m not saving money over renting at this point. I pay less than $1000 a month to live in a place that would cost $4000 a month to rent.