Saturday, February 21, 2009

Buy vs. Rent Calculator

This is an interactive tool from the NY Times to give you an understanding of whether it is cost efficient to rent or to buy a home. In graph form you can see the number of years to break even and average annual savings from owning or renting. You can also calculate:

monthly rent
home price
down payment
mortgage rate
property taxes
annual rent increase
annual house increase
summary costs of renting
summary costs of buying house
more advanced settings
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/10/business/2007_BUYRENT_GRAPHIC.html#

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