Mar 20th 2013 12:00PM
Editor's note: Jed Kolko is the chief economist for online listings site Trulia. This article originally appeared on the Trulia Trends blog. Even though asking home prices rose 7 percent in the last year, outpacing rent increases of 3.2 percent, the gap between buying and renting has narrowed only slightly. One year ago,... Continue Reading »
Aug 2nd 2012 3:00PM
By Les Christie NEW YORK -- For people who are willing to stay put for a few years, buying a home has become a much better deal than renting in almost every major housing market in the nation. In more than 75 percent of the 200 metro areas analyzed by real estate listing website Zillow, homeowners would reach a... Continue Reading »
Jun 29th 2010 11:50AM
#fivemin-widget-blogsmith-0 {width:300px;height:250px;background:black url(http://pthumbnails.5min.com/3418683/170934110_3_300_250.jpg) no-repeat center center;float:left;} The need for more space was what got Kim and Jason Fitzsimmons thinking about buying their first home. They'd been married for a year and... Continue Reading »
