Renting vs. Buying in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
A question often asked by people living and moving to Fairfield County, Connecticut as well as in the rest of the nation. Here is a great tool from Trulia that helps you calculate the cost of renting versus buying. Here in lower Fairfield County we are seeing a lot of activity in new high end rental complexes and so I did a quick check to see if it is better to rent at $2600 vs buying at $500,000. Over a 5 year period better to buy but over a 3 year period better to rent.
One note, the calculator does take into account property taxes and insurance under advance settings.
To read more on high end rentals in lower Fairfield County, Ct click here.
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I am sure that most of us have cool widgets for our website that let someone calculate mortgage payments, amortizations, and maybe even home values, but, soon we may be able to install a
Rent Versus Buy calculator.
Trulia, home to some of the coolest tools on the web, recently released their sophisticated calculator that takes into account dozens of assumptions to truly determine which is right for your pocket book – Renting or Buying. The Trulia calculator takes into account the overall cost of renting versus buying including such fields as monthly rent, rental insurance, security deposits, purchase price of a home, down payment, annual tax bracket, net present value, annual renovations planned, how long you stay in a home, local market stats, and more.
It is estimated that across America, it is, on average, 35% cheaper to buy a home than it is to rent a home. Cities like Detroit MI, Cleaveland OH, Kansas City KS, Dayton OH, and West Palm Beach FL, topped the list of cheapest places to buy versus rent showing an average savings of over 50%. At the bottom of the list, San Jose, San Francisco, San Diego, Orange County, Los Angeles, Ventura County, Oakland, Sacramento, New York, and Hawaii – all with under 20% savings to be had by buying, 4% in San Jose.
While choosing when to buy a home involves more than just number calculations, the Trulia studies and rent versus buy calculator could be a very helpful tool! Hopefully soon this tool will be a widget we can have on our websites and share with the masses!
Erin Bates
Aspen Lane Real Estate
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