These days many people prefer to rent rather than buy their own house. Why is this this so? Discuss the relative advantages and disadvantages of renting or buying, and give your own opinion. Give reasons for your answer and examples from your personal experience where appropriate.

In most major cities in the west, people are opting to rent a home

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of buy.

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is mostly because house prices have increased dramatically while personal income has not, a trend that means

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repayments now account for a much larger share of income than in the past. Renters have more disposable income every week than buyers and

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is a big attraction.

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, in my opinion,

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is a false economy and in the long run

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I believe that the advantages of buying a

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greatly outweigh the short-term savings to be made by renting. While it is certainly cheaper week-by-week to rent than pay a

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, the renter misses out on the large capital gains to be made when buying a home. When I took out my own

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on my two-bedroom apartment, my repayments on a $400,000 loan were about $600 a week, compared with $500 for rental value on a similar

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, over the past three years

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my apartment has appreciated by more than $250,000, greatly outweighing the $15,000 I would have saved by renting.

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payments secured an acquisition of

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that will remain valuable for my family into the future.

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sort is not possible through renting. Renters do not only lose out on capital gains, they

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lose in terms of security and peace of mind. The roof over their heads

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is always at the mercy of the landlord, who might at any time decide to sell the

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. The landlord can

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put up the rent when they feel the market warrants it.

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, unless the renter invests their savings judiciously, the money they save will be frittered on day-to-day life, leaving them very much poorer than the buyer once retirement looms. In conclusion, while a

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will cost more each week than renting, the advantages of buying, including capital appreciation and housing security, greatly outweigh the short-term savings to be made by renting.