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BuyingForHalfTheCostOfRenting! Trulia says its 45% cheaper to buy now!

By PockyClipsNow   Follow   Thu, 13 Sep 2012, 3:52pm   2,883 views   26 comments
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http://www.housingwire.com/news/trulia-buying-home-45-cheaper-renting

It's more affordable to buy a home than to rent in the 100 largest metros in the nation. That's the case if you plan to stay in the home for seven years, which is the average time Americans traditionally live in a home before moving.

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1. Dan8267 Follow Befriend (16) 769 threads 7,714 comments Boca Raton, FL Premium

   1   4:26pm Thu 13 Sep 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   PockyClipsNow says Trulia says I'm tired of listening to that cat.

2. PockyClipsNow Follow Befriend 19 threads 1,534 comments Los Angeles, CA

   2   4:41pm Thu 13 Sep 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   OK according to patricks mortgage payment calculator: COST of house in AZ: 100k (zero down, seller pays 3.5% FHA dp) Mortgage payment :$417 at 3.2% Rent for same home: $800 a month. The article is accurate. You might have to put a DP down. Hey at worst case its 20% which is 20k. Charge that on a credit card if you want. Now in coastal cali rental parity is about the same as buying/renting so i guess it makes sense to buy if you are staying there at least a year (need a year to get a 20% increase in house prices! haha! )

3. robertoaribas Follow Befriend (23) 55 threads 3,836 comments Scottsdale, AZ robertoaribas's website

   3   5:29pm Thu 13 Sep 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (2)   darrell, people rent rooms in homes for over $400 a month. You are a waste to be on this site, you know nothing.

4. 37108605 Follow Befriend 1 threads 1,055 comments

   4   5:37am Fri 14 Sep 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   Darrell In Phoenix says "Trulia says"...... lmao Two for two. Two of you today read my mind before I could post it myself.

5. 37108605 Follow Befriend 1 threads 1,055 comments

   5   5:38am Fri 14 Sep 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   robertoaribas says darrell, people rent rooms in homes for over $400 a month. You are a waste to be on this site, you know nothing. And if someone is willing to live in someone else's house in a room for $400. a month tells me all I need to know about the idiot.

6. bg Follow Befriend (13) 42 threads 313 comments Pacifica, CA Premium

   6   6:33am Fri 14 Sep 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (3)   Dislike   Protected   robertoaribas says You are a waste to be on this site, you know nothing. Your posts would seem more credible if you stopped attacking people and just let the comments stand on the quality of the ideas in them. Anytime someone disagrees with you, you attack them. If you stick to disputing their ideas, it reflects well on your credibility.

7. robertoaribas Follow Befriend (23) 55 threads 3,836 comments Scottsdale, AZ robertoaribas's website

   7   8:11am Fri 14 Sep 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (2)   bg says Your posts would seem more credible if you stopped attacking people and just let the comments stand on the quality of the ideas in them. Anytime someone disagrees with you, you attack them. If you stick to disputing their ideas, it reflects well on your credibility. good point, but only partially true. I have had lots of pleasant disagreements with real people on here, but darrell is a freaking troll who follows me around biting at my ankles.

8. bubblesitter Follow Befriend (5) 10 threads 2,329 comments

   8   8:12am Fri 14 Sep 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike   Since when Trulia became reliable source on housing news?

9. Goran_K Follow Befriend (4) 25 threads 1,523 comments Laguna Beach, CA Premium

   9   8:19am Fri 14 Sep 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   Protected   Yeah, Darrel has a point. Isn't this like "Walmart says it's a great time to buy a George Foreman grill! Prices down 10%!"

10. bmwman91 Follow Befriend (7) 37 threads 1,541 comments Mountain View, CA bmwman91's website Premium

    10   10:48am Fri 14 Sep 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   Reader says And if someone is willing to live in someone else's house in a room for $400. a month tells me all I need to know about the idiot. Perhaps they are idiots. However, that just means that there are a LOT of idiots out there, and more than enough to blow the cost of renting and buying up well past what us "smart" people like. So who's the idiot NOW?

11. tatupu70 Follow Befriend (3) 15 threads 5,653 comments

    11   11:46am Fri 14 Sep 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Darrell In Phoenix says Not really when$100k houses here are renting for $400/ month. Don't believe me? See for yourself. I didnt' see any houses renting for $400 on that link. Could you point one out?

12. PockyClipsNow Follow Befriend 19 threads 1,534 comments Los Angeles, CA

    12   12:07pm Fri 14 Sep 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Clearly you cannot rent a decent home in AZ for $400 a month. Maybe a mobile home. This is a list from a link on darrels CL serach rents are 700 to 1500 http://www.rentmint.com/index.php?route=listing/search&keyword=Cave%20Creek,%20AZ&id=3&trk=ll Patrick would agree (that in NV,AZ,FL) its CLEARLY cheaper to buy than rent (which makes sense only if you will keep the property for a number of years due to high transaction costs) you can live in it or rent it out - either way renting costs MORE than owning in most of what is known as 'flyover'.

13. RentingForHalfTheCost Follow Befriend (8) 38 threads 2,036 comments Pleasanton, CA Premium

    13   12:34pm Fri 14 Sep 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   PockyClipsNow says either way renting costs MORE than owning in most of what is known as 'flyover'. How about dying costs less than either renting or owning in the fly-over areas. That is a much better headline.

14. errc Follow Befriend (7) 30 threads 1,222 comments 31 male Premium

    14   1:10pm Fri 14 Sep 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   Pockyclips, have you actually ran the numbers on the benefits of lowering interest rates from this point? I was right along with you beating that drum for awhile, until i did an FHA re-fi, and took into consideration that most everyone uses FHA to lever their way into a piece of RE, and that FHA uses it's PMI fees to fund itself, so as risk piles up, so do their fees,,,,,,i can't imagine that rates any lower then 3.25% of today are going to make that big of a difference to anyone I know for me, one thing that it did magnify was just how expensive Taxes and Insurance portion of my mortgage have become. And while we can argue forever about where prices and rates are going, i think we'd all agree that Taxes only have room to move in one direction,,,,,,,,,

15. Call it Crazy Follow Befriend 229 threads 2,790 comments

    15   1:14pm Fri 14 Sep 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   PockyClipsNow says COST of house in AZ: 100k (zero down, seller pays 3.5% FHA dp) Mortgage payment :$417 at 3.2% Rent for same home: $800 a month. The article is accurate. You might have to put a DP down. Hey at worst case its 20% which is 20k. Charge that on a credit card if you want. Just remember to amortize ALL your costs of owning. You have to add in closing costs both ways, in and out, realtor commissions when you sell, transfer taxes, ect. Depending how long you stay in the house, these "other" costs of owning will add to the "true" monthly payment over the ownership period. With the average ownership period around 5 years in the US, these "other" costs could add $300 to $400 a month to the true costs.

16. errc Follow Befriend (7) 30 threads 1,222 comments 31 male Premium

    16   1:18pm Fri 14 Sep 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   Good point one of the costs of buying now, is that you are betting on house prices going up at a pace that makes the cost to borrowing money for it pan out over time. I think this is part of the reason why rents have gotten expensive, because renting is risk free, while buying comes with plenty of risk.

17. PockyClipsNow Follow Befriend 19 threads 1,534 comments Los Angeles, CA

    17   2:08pm Fri 14 Sep 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   @errc- you have a good point. BUT remember the higher the amount financed, the more dramatic a difference a lower rate makes. (this is from patricks mortgage calc) 729k financed at 3.25% = $1,974.38 a month intrest only loan 729k at 2.25% = $1,366.88 a month int only loan 729k at 1.25 = $759.38 729k at .75= $455.63 Im only using int only loans, since they are back (but not with fha just yet but they will be soon) So i predict they will keep lowering int rates to .75 - causing RE to triple in price over a long term (20 years?) then the USD somehow is 'broken' and maybe each state has its own fiat currency and the whole mess will be even more messy. impossible to know of course

18. bob2356 Follow Befriend 3 threads 2,499 comments

    18   3:51pm Fri 14 Sep 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   PockyClipsNow says COST of house in AZ: 100k (zero down, seller pays 3.5% FHA dp) Mortgage payment :$417 at 3.2% Rent for same home: $800 a month. You have obviously never owned a home. Mortgage is just the starting point. You won't be buying for half the cost of renting anywhere. Buying in some markets is getting close to rental. When that happens people will buy.

19. PockyClipsNow Follow Befriend 19 threads 1,534 comments Los Angeles, CA

    19   4:00pm Fri 14 Sep 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   I owned 4 homes at the same time, cashed em all in at peak bubble. People overestimate repair costs. Sure they are high if you are a little old lady 80 years old and you let the plumber, landscaper, pool guy, HVAC guy, flooring guy, and maid all rip you off. I did almost everything myself - you can maintain a house incredibly cheap if you are smart enough to read directions and put in some work. I even re roofed 2 homes myself. Renting also costs first/last and sec deposit (which you might not get back). The article from trulia is pretty close to reality.

20. robertoaribas Follow Befriend (23) 55 threads 3,836 comments Scottsdale, AZ robertoaribas's website

    20   4:56pm Fri 14 Sep 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   Reader says And if someone is willing to live in someone else's house in a room for $400. a month tells me all I need to know about the idiot. I rented out rooms in my house for $500 including bills. I got: Phd student in medical engineering, nursing student, lots of various foreign students etc. Of course it didn't hurt that my Tempe home was only 2.5 miles to ASU...I rented 3 rooms out and paid -$300 a month for my mortgage... I'm still good friends with most of the people who stayed there, the trick is to be picky and only let people in that you want around... My two cousins and one girlfriend stay with me now, I don't even pay my own mortgage today... I like having people around, but hey that's just me maybe.

21. PockyClipsNow Follow Befriend 19 threads 1,534 comments Los Angeles, CA

    21   5:33pm Fri 14 Sep 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Way to go roberto! I did the same for 5 years, rented to other IT people who had homes far away from work and they were only at thier home on weekends (best situation evar! the m-th roomate!)

22. Bigsby Follow Befriend 2,826 comments Monterey, CA

    22   6:02am Sat 15 Sep 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Is there a price mentioned in a single one of those?

23. bob2356 Follow Befriend 3 threads 2,499 comments

    23   6:10am Sat 15 Sep 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Darrell In Phoenix says Here's the link I posted. Hundreds of monthly rental rates well under $500/month. http://phoenix.craigslist.org/search/apa?query=&srchType=A&minAsk=&maxAsk=&bedrooms=2&sort=priceasc Why buy when you can rent for half the cost? This is a joke right? It's all apartments and rent to own scams. I looked at realtor.com and rental homes plus. There aren't any houses for rent less than $600 in phoenix that I saw and at $600 you are looking at 1-2 bedroom 1 bath. Going local (newspaper/bulliten boards) there must be some in the $500 range, maybe. I don't know how legit they are but there are non short sale 1b1b houses listed in realtor.com for 30k. Show 2 houses same size same area wihere renting would be half of owning.

24. tatupu70 Follow Befriend (3) 15 threads 5,653 comments

    24   8:06am Sat 15 Sep 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Darrell In Phoenix says Here's the link I posted. Hundreds of monthly rental rates well under $500/month OK--could you post a link to one of them?

25. robertoaribas Follow Befriend (23) 55 threads 3,836 comments Scottsdale, AZ robertoaribas's website

    25   8:08am Sat 15 Sep 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   bob2356 says Darrell In Phoenix says Here's the link I posted. Hundreds of monthly rental rates well under $500/month. http://phoenix.craigslist.org/search/apa?query=&srchType=A&minAsk=&maxAsk=&bedrooms=2&sort=priceasc Why buy when you can rent for half the cost? This is a joke right? It's all apartments and rent to own scams. I looked at realtor.com and rental homes plus. There aren't any houses for rent less than $600 in phoenix that I saw and at $600 you are looking at 1-2 bedroom 1 bath. Going local (newspaper/bulliten boards) there must be some in the $500 range, maybe. I don't know how legit they are but there are non short sale 1b1b houses listed in realtor.com for 30k. Show 2 houses same size same area wihere renting would be half of owning. total bs of course... For example, I'm buying a 4/2 2carport home that needs a bunch of cleanup, but not much else in 85027. On the mls today, 3 bedroom homes in any zip around that area, the cheapest rental is $895 for a 1000 square foot home... mine is 1700 square feet... the cheapest that is even comparable is $1100 a month. I'm paying $87,000 taxes are $800, insurance probably around $600 no HOA... 25% down, and 4.5% investor rate, my mortgage will be well under $500 a month, or less than half of rent. The home cleaned up is worth $120,000 today, thank goodness for bank stupidity on short sales!

26. bg Follow Befriend (13) 42 threads 313 comments Pacifica, CA Premium

    26   9:28am Sat 15 Sep 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   robertoaribas says good point, but only partially true. I have had lots of pleasant disagreements with real people on here, but darrell is a freaking troll who follows me around biting at my ankles. Darrell is a bit much sometimes and he is persistent in his disagreement with you. Can you set him for "ignore"?