The Absolute Insanity of Not Buying a Home When You're Young
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If you’re young—under 40 or so—and have been heeding the personal finance advice spewing forth from some of the most popular columnists and bloggers over the last few years about how owning a home doesn’t make financial sense anymore, I’m afraid you’ve been duped. Buying a house—especially when you’re younger—is still an incredibly smart financial […]

While buying a house is not a luxury everyone can afford, buying one instead of renting provides several key benefits that pay off in the long term.

What does everyone else think about buying when compared to renting?

  • deegeese
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    1 year ago

    This must have been written before interest rates hit a 20-year high.

    Most of what he says is true, but it’s pretty tone deaf to write in this market.

    Where’s that post-peak finance blog post telling people interest rates don’t matter because surely they’ll be able to refi.