Once again, Trulia has examined the cost of renting versus buying in America’s 50 largest cities. Making an apples-to-apples comparison between the renting and buying a two-bedroom apartment, condo or townhouse, we found that buying is more affordable in 72% of major cities.
To find out what’s better where you live, you can check out the key findings from Trulia’s Summer 2011 Rent vs. Buy Index here:
Also, to see how the rent vs. buy debate has evolved in 2011 (thus far), we’ve created a new data visualization for Trulia Insights to illustrate how 50 housing markets have changed and/or stayed the same:
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August 24th, 2011 at 3:17 pm
So glad to see that Mesa made #3 on the list of cities where it’s better to buy than rent. That’s why we just purchased our new home. YAY!