America's housing nightmare: Skyrocketing
home costs mean renting is now cheaper
than buying a starter house in THREE QUARTERS
of the US - but both are at record highs
Posted By: Ribicon, 7/22/2022 4:35:14 PM
With both rent and homebuyer costs soaring to record highs, the eternal question of whether to rent or buy has never been tougher. According to a report from Realtor.com on Thursday, renting is now cheaper than buying a starter home in three-quarters of the top 50 US cities—a stark change from a few months ago, when buying typically cost less. Median rent hit a record high of $1,876 in June, up 14 percent from a year ago—but that still represented a monthly savings of $561 from the monthly cost of buying a first home, which jumped to $2,437, the report found. As recently as January, buying a starter home
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the Vaccines’ 24 replies
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conducting warrantless, surprise gun inspections
to leave 10 replies
conducting warrantless, surprise gun inspections
to leave 10 replies
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as ranks shrink 32 replies
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Roll that over in your mind a couple of times.
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Army to shift $1 billion to recruiting,
retention efforts; rely more on reserves
as ranks shrink 32 replies
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as ranks shrink 32 replies
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The New American Dream: unless you're a 1%er, you will own nothing, and you will like it. You will also become accustomed to the unique taste and crunch of roasted crickets and room-temperature roach milk (no unnecessary use of electricity, please).