[lbo-talk] Homeownership Makes You Fat and Unhappy

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Dec 12 08:34:35 PST 2008


On Dec 11, 2008, at 4:05 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote:


> I've seen numbers comparing renting and owning that show advantages
> to renting. I think I saw them here but I can never find them when
> I go looking. Anyone know what I'm talking about?

It all depends on house prices, rents, interest rates, your tax sitch, your expectations for price appreciation, etc. There are buy vs. rent calculators on the web that help you figure this out.

Doug



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