cheaper to buy then rent wow what a differnce 12 months makes

Now Cheaper To Buy Than To Rent

It is now considerably cheaper to own a home than to rent that same home, something unheard of since 2008.
This and other promising information about the housing market was recently released by Harvard in their annual “State of the Nation’s Housing,” an in-depth study performed by The Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University.
Because of historically low mortgage rates and low home prices post-recession, it is a perfect time to buy.
On the other hand, rent prices are soaring, especially in the Bay Area. According to Trulia, San Francisco and Oakland saw the biggest jumps in rent in the United States over the last year, with increases of 14.7 percent and 11.2 percent, respectively.
“With rents up, home prices sharply down, and mortgage interest rates at record lows, mortgage costs relative to monthly rents haven’t been this favorable since the early 1970s,” said Eric S. Belsky, managing director for the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard.
The report also noted that today, mortgage payments for the median priced US home are roughly half of what they were in 1990. The study showed that mortgage payments are now 23% less than rent payments for the median priced home.
This means that it is a fantastic time to be a home buyer, and to get off of the fence if you’ve been waiting for the market to turn around.
Take a look at the entire Harvard study here:
http://www.jchs.harvard.edu/research/state_nations_housing.