What renting does not do is deliver the financial highs of home ownership. House prices have soared in the past 18 months and have been on the rise for the better part of the past two decades.

Buying a home: The benefits Buying a home is a lot more of an endeavor than renting. But for many, the extra work and cost is worth the effort. To buy a home, you typically need to have at least ...

Rent is an unrecoverable cost. You pay for a roof over your head, but you are not building any equity. That is easy to understand; I think that’s why it’s easy to get stressed about it. But ...

Combined with a soft housing market, falling rents across the country could offer opportunities for renters looking to become ...

Over a decade ago, the housing market looked starkly different, but some of Warren Buffett's best advice came after the 2008 ...

With renting, it’s easy — your unrecoverable costs are your rent. As for homeowners’ unrecoverable costs, Felix settled on three: property taxes, maintenance costs and cost of capital (which includes ...

The rent you’re paying now could be working for you, not your landlord. Home loans today come with tax benefits, which ...